[SOLVED] How to make XP bootable from usb,

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onebuck

Hi,

If you are the legal license holder then install the image. The EULA states single use unless multiple license. I personally would not get involved with the actions since this does circumvent the agreement.

so you want me to download another iso image, for no reason? but i already have one. why would i download their image?

sag47 · 08-20-2010, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxishard

so you want me to download another iso image, for no reason? but i already have one. why would i download their image?

What does it matter? It's a free download anyways. Anyway I'm not going to fuel this type of discussion further. I'm more interested in seeing if making a WinISO bootable via USB than arguing semantics.

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 08:24 PM

well im downloading the iso file he presented and placing it on my desktop, what now?

sag47 · 08-20-2010, 08:30 PM

Sorry. I didn't mean to mislead you with my last command.

Code:

dd if=<path of your ISO file> of=<path to your unmounted USB device> bs=2048 count=17

So if you're using the downloaded ISO file. And if your device is /dev/sdd (look for the device in parted or gparted).

So here is a sample command of what you would want to formulate in your terminal.

Code:

dd if=./xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=2048 count=17

I think I'm gonna follow onebuck on this one after this final post.

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 08:33 PM

alright thats a good code how do i find my usb pendrives sdd code? lsusb?

sag47 · 08-20-2010, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxishard

alright thats a good code how do i find my usb pendrives sdd code? lsusb?

Look up gparted and parted. Using one of those two utilities are the easiest way. You may need to install them through synaptic or whatever depending on what distro you're using.

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 08:43 PM

drew@drew-laptop:~$ cd Desktop
drew@drew-laptop:~/Desktop$ dd if=./xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=2048 count=17
dd: opening `/dev/sdd': Permission denied
drew@drew-laptop:~/Desktop$

sag47 · 08-20-2010, 09:07 PM

Whenever you dd a device you must run the command as root or an admin.

Code:

sudo dd if=./xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=2048 count=17

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 09:18 PM

drew@drew-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo dd if=./xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=2048 count=17
[sudo] password for drew:
17+0 records in
17+0 records out
34816 bytes (35 kB) copied, 0.0210494 s, 1.7 MB/s
drew@drew-laptop:~/Desktop$

what now?

sag47 · 08-20-2010, 09:26 PM

Ask in a thread how to boot to a USB stick.

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sag47

Ask in a thread how to boot to a USB stick.

well what did we just do with that command? nothing?

sag47 · 08-20-2010, 09:49 PM

You "burned" the ISO image to your USB stick. More precisely you bit banged it.

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sag47

You "burned" the ISO image to your USB stick. More precisely you bit banged it.

should i be able to see something in the pendrive when i open it?

sag47 · 08-20-2010, 09:56 PM

Depends on how your distro handles it. Normally no, and all of your data on the USB disk is destroyed because the binary image is written over the filesystem.

Some distros will recognize it as a readonly cd though.

linuxishard · 08-20-2010, 10:00 PM

alright one more thing, can you point me in the direction of a tutorial on how to make it bootable? if you can i think i love you. :P