Answer by frostschutz for Convert bootable USB stick to ISO file
dd is a 1:1 copy, it copies the entire device regardless what's on it. If you only copy a partition (sdf1) it's unlikely to be bootable as the bootloader usually resides on sdf MBR. If the free space...
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You can compress the image like this dd if=/dev/sdf1 conv=sync,noerror bs=64K | gzip -c > usb.img.gz That way, it will not copy the blank parts of the usb stick. Also dd creates a disk image, not an...
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I am trying to get an ISO file from a bootable USB memory stick. The device name for the stick is dev/sdf1. In this answer: Convert bootable USB to ISO file , dd was suggested for copying. So I did:...
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