Creating a bootable USB from ISO in Windows/Linux

aatish910

aatish910

I have downloaded the whole DVD ISO for FreeBSD 9 (x86_64) i.e. dvd1. I tried this on VirtualBox and worked pretty well. But, I cannot write this on a 8 GB USB drive to install to a notebook. If I dd it, it would not boot. I read this but the script cannot be used on Linux system because I didn't find anything named 'bsdlabel'. Internet connection here is too slow for me to download memory stick image again and there are no retailers here in Nepal. So, I would like to get this ISO converted into a memory stick image. Buying an external DVD drive is not an option for me.

As far as clues are concerned, I found 'isohybrid' which makes an ISO image bootable on a USB drive but I am not sure whether it works with FreeBSD or not.

I have openSUSE and Windows 7 currently being dual-booted.
 
That's for a memstick image. Besides, the write a memory stick on Windows procedure in the Handbook is substantially easier than dd for Windows.
 
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