How to create bootable USB drive from DVD

I have a DVD with fedora 20 in it. My DVD drive doesn't work so I need to boot from an USB. I have copied the contents of the DVD into a USB drive and now how can I make this drive bootable?

M.Tarun

Posted 2014-02-09T07:41:11.093

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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB You mat want to read this page. – MariusMatutiae – 2014-02-09T07:48:38.517

I don't have an image file.I have a fedora installation DVD – M.Tarun – 2014-02-09T07:50:18.350

You can always download the image. But then, having a dvd is the same thing. – MariusMatutiae – 2014-02-09T07:51:57.577

how can I make a live USB from that DVD – M.Tarun – 2014-02-09T07:53:07.820

But I have copied it's contents into a USB drive from another computer. – M.Tarun – 2014-02-09T07:59:48.593

Answers

Throw away the DVD and delete the files you copied from it. Download a new ISO from fedora. Let Universal USB Installer do all the work. You just need to point it at your ISO file and your USB stick.

http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/.

sallie

Posted 2014-02-09T07:41:11.093

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Try to use unetbootin.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

It is avaible for Linux, Windows and Mac.

First create image via dd command:

$ sudo dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso

Or if you have a directory that wish to create iso:

$ mkisofs -o cd.iso /your/directory

And then use unetbootin.

mortezaipo

Posted 2014-02-09T07:41:11.093

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I don't have an image file.I have a fedora installation DVD . – M.Tarun – 2014-02-09T07:50:53.633

@M.Tarun I updated the post. check it again – mortezaipo – 2014-02-09T07:55:28.633

@M.Tarun dd command is available for windows too. http://sourceforge.net/projects/windd/

– mortezaipo – 2014-02-09T08:04:49.127

My DVD drive doesn't work.So I have copied it's contents into a USB drive from another computer. But the USB drive doesn't boot – M.Tarun – 2014-02-09T08:28:37.530

@M.Tarun I updated the post . check it again. – mortezaipo – 2014-02-09T08:31:10.403