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Operating Systems Linux How to Install Linux os from USB pen drive Post 302261433 by reborg on Monday 24th of November 2008 04:13:57 PM
Old 11-24-2008
In most cases you can use dd to do that from the standard install iso.

eg:

Code:
dd if=linux_iso.iso of=/dev/sda

Where linux_iso.iso and /dev/sda are the paths to the iso and usb device.
 

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ISO-READ(1)							   User Commands						       ISO-READ(1)

NAME
iso-read - reads portions of an ISO 9660 image SYNOPSIS
iso-read [OPTION...] DESCRIPTION
-d, --debug=INT Set debugging to LEVEL. -i, --image=FILE Read from ISO-9660 image. This option is mandatory -e, --extract=FILE Extract FILE from ISO-9660 image. This option is mandatory. -k, --ignore Ignore read error(s), i.e. keep going --no-header Don't display header and copyright (for regression testing) -o, --output-file=FILE Output file. This option is mandatory. -U --udf Contents are in UDF format -V, --version display version and copyright information and exit Help options: -?, --help Show this help message --usage Display brief usage message AUTHOR
Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2013 R. Bernstein This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. Have driver: GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver Have driver: cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver Have driver: bin/cuesheet disk image driver Have driver: Nero NRG disk image driver Default CD-ROM device: /dev/sr0 SEE ALSO
iso-info(1) for information about an ISO-9660 image. cd-read(1) to read portions of an ISO 9660 image. iso-read December 2013 ISO-READ(1)
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