convert an ISO file into an IMG file

chris6686 · 04-17-2008, 03:47 AM

hi, i want to burn an iso file on a memory stick.

David the H. · 04-17-2008, 07:20 AM

Do what now?

SlowCoder · 04-17-2008, 08:24 PM

Have you tried the dd command?

DeeCodeUh · 04-17-2008, 08:26 PM

Personally...no.

ewolf · 04-17-2008, 09:07 PM

I'm just making an assumption, but are you trying to make a bootable USB drive with the contents of a bootable .ISO file? It's a little more involved than converting the file format. Also, afaik, there's no difference between an .img and an .iso file, except that an .img could contain any filesystem (or no filesystem), whereas an .iso image specifically contains an ISO9660 filesystem. So if you are indeed trying to take a bootable .iso and create a bootable USB drive from it, its not an issue of converting between file formats, its an issue of getting the files off of the ISO9660 filesystem, and onto some other filesystem on your USB drive. Then, you would have to make the USB drive bootable, and configure it to boot the kernel-image in the filesystem. There are a few different options. One of them is outlined here:
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/i...B_installation

Is that what you were looking for?

Cheers,
Elijah
http://elijahr.blogspot.com/

chris6686 · 04-21-2008, 02:06 AM

thanks for your help. i have try it before but i was forget some details.. thanks again.