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Date:      Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:19:43 -0400
From:      Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Create Ultimate Boot CD USB Stick
Message-ID:  <55EE7DFF.8040702@sneakertech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150907223703.692b68cd@jive.levalinux.org>
References:  <55EDBF5A.9010808@netfence.it> <20150907223703.692b68cd@jive.levalinux.org>

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> dd if=/path/to/iso/file.iso of=/path/to/the/device

That doesn't work for UBCD because it's a normal cd-only ISO. Only 
"hybrid" ISOs that specifically have MBR/GPT stuff can be dumped onto a 
disk and actually boot. Part of the confusion here is because a lot of 
modern Linux distros (especially Debian based distros) have started 
using "hybrid" ISOs instead of providing separate usb stick images.


In order to make a bootable usb stick from UBCD, you need to either 
hand-format the stick and set up your own boot loader, or use the 
scripts they provide.




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