Iso to liveusb

[clarms]

What is the preferred way to create a liveusb from a pcl iso? From linux or from window$.

[Just17]

There is a utility called   PCLinuxOS LiveUSB creator  which will do it from PCLOS .......  running live or from an installed PCLOS.

It can be found in the menu under  More Applications - Configuration

Partition the device first, making the partition you will use a Linux format (ext)

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,82277.0.html

[clarms]

Is there a preferred way for a non-pclos linux system or window$?

There is a utility called   PCLinuxOS LiveUSB creator  which will do it from PCLOS .......  running live or from an installed PCLOS.

[Just17]

Is there a preferred way for a non-pclos linux system or window$?

There is a utility called   PCLinuxOS LiveUSB creator  which will do it from PCLOS .......  running live or from an installed PCLOS.

Whatever is preferred in whatever OS it is being done from.

People of course have their own preferences ......  but there is no 'officially' preferred method, that I am aware of, for any distro.

PCLOS cannot influence how some application works on a different OS or distro .......  or be expected to know either I suppose.

If you have some particular distro in mind you could ask here ......  but I would think that the best place to ask would be on the forum of that distro .....  they should know how well any app works in their distro ....

[djohnston]

clarms,

I believe you're looking for unetbootin.

UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive, so it's no different from a standard install, only it doesn't need a CD. It can create a dual-boot install, or replace the existing OS entirely.

It's in the repositories.

[T6]

unetbootin for windows

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe

i tried to use it but failed miserably, hope you have better luck with it

[Fairly Reticent]

You might find these useful: 
   Rufus                              http://rufus.akeo.ie/Rufus [many Linux libraries like FAT32, some play nice with NTFS too]
   YUMI MultiBoot ISOs http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ or
   Universal USB Installer  http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
And for stubborn ISOs,
   Mandriva-Seed v3.6.4     http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/MandrivaLinux/official/iso/2010.0/mandriva-seed-windows.zip
   (direct image dump)        http//www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/mandrake/official/iso/2010.0/mandriva-seed-windows.zip
   which may waste pendrive space; gPartEd may help recover some by setting up additional partition(s).

[jimz360]

When unetbootin failed me i managed to find http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

It worked

[djohnston]

When unetbootin failed me i managed to find http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

It worked

Linux Live USB is for Windows 7, Vista, XP. The download is a Windows executable.

[T6]

the original question asks that, tools to do the process in windows and linux

[Fairly Reticent]

From linux or from window$.

Reading carefully, there is an ambiguity - ior or xor - should the answer be surgical, or complete?
With the YUMI tool the user has access to files, and is free to use remaining flash storage space.
Someday, perhaps Linux will have a similar tool - the multibootusb project at SourceForge? 

"Works well with others" is a plus on most resumes.

[Lucky Blue]

I have done this successfully on PCLInuxOS with the PCLinuxOS Live USB Creator. 
From  -   PC button- More Applications- Configuration

I did have a problem pre-formatting the USB per the instructions,
it did not work using control center as the disk tool did not show
a tab for the USB-disk. 
(I may have neglected to  unmount it first).
However, I made a live CD with PartedMagic and using this got the USB formatted. 
From there it was all ok.   

[Fairly Reticent]

YUMI on WinXP has worked reliably for one live PCLxOS at a time, without disc or flash storage waste, combined with gPartEd, PartEd_Magic and other toolsets.  Study of YUMI's syslinux and other cfg files shows a simple and effective multiboot approach, provided the distro iso respects standards, which provides a smooth path for people looking to leave Windows XP (before MS "drops support") to try alternatives live before buying in. 

An old cruder multiboot tool used grub4dOS to boot from a choice of (contiguous) iso images; it required enough memory for ramdisk and distro.  There are many examples of the menu.lst used to launch many distro images scattered around the web; RMprepUSB.com has good tutorials on it.  It's possible to put quite a few PCLinuxOS iso images on one stick for live demo or install this way.

Crude tools like dd and its variants - madriva-seed, fedora-usb-creator, unetbootin and win32diskimager - should only be used on a clean-wiped (disposable) pendrive. 

[Just17]

Crude tools like dd and its variants - madriva-seed, fedora-usb-creator, unetbootin and win32diskimager - should only be used on a clean-wiped (disposable) pendrive. 

What in your opinion makes   dd  a crude tool?

[Old-Polack]

Crude tools like dd and its variants - madriva-seed, fedora-usb-creator, unetbootin and win32diskimager - should only be used on a clean-wiped (disposable) pendrive. 

What in your opinion makes   dd  a crude tool?

Ignorance?