On Thu 21 Mar 2013 at 07:36:09 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > - it might be that you have overwritten the MBR of your USB stick, if > so, the partition table now is destroyed and you first might need to > format it before you can continue ...
Overwriting the MBR is the whole point of getting a bootable USB device when dd'ing or cat'ing an isohybrid to a USB stick. Any formatting which is done beforehand will be completely undone by the writing process. > ... I don't know, since I don't know how to make a bootable DOS stick You have the opportunity to learn how to from posts in this thread. :) > http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/09/create-a-bootable-freedos-usb-drive-on-linux-with-unetbootin/ UNetbootin might be a fine progam but using it to write an isohybrid to a USB device is using yesterday's technology. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130321112815.GF32477@desktop