[ale] Favorite diag bootable images

[DJ-Pfulio]

Get a better distro.

Srsly, being able to boot from a flash drive using either legacy BIOS or UEFI
should "just work" these days.  If it doesn't, you need a better distro, IMHO.


Whether any flash drive and any USB2 port are compatible for booting is a
different question.  I've found no sure way to know.  Noname, brand name flash
doesn't matter. I've had problems booting from USB3, but most USB2 plugs in the
last 15 yrs can work, with the right flash media.

And don't forget that many laptops have SDHC slots. Those usually connect to the
same USB2 controller, so booting from them is possible too.  All those old 2G
SDHC cards are useful again!

And add a BS=1M  option to the dd command. Much faster.


On 09/29/2018 11:15 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 22:15:34 -0400
> DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>> Like dd?  No special tools needed, unless you want a multi-boot setup.
> 
> dd if=booter_dvd_img.iso of=/dev/hdc
> 
> produces thumb drives that don't work, on certain distros.
> 
> If the computer has a CD or DVD drive, why not use it for the boot OS,
> and use the usb port for a blank thumb drive on which to place rescued
> data?