format USB as CD or DVD

[rayelwood]

Hi,

I am interested in formatting a usb drive so it is recognized as a a CD so that I can put a read only copy of a linux distro on it.

I'm after a program with a GUI to format it because I am a noob.

Thanks in advance

[sh4d0w_w4tch]

You don't format a USB as a CD. :x

The closest would be setting up a USB drive to act as an external CD drive with a CD in it, but this would be useless for anything other than the hack value of doing it for its own sake.  That is not what you are doing.

There are millions of tutorials on how to make a bootable USB drive.  I refuse to explain this.

Here's a tip for hacking: Download Google Chrome and open Incognito mode.  This will automatically spoof your IP address so you will be 100% anonymous and all your traffic will be encrypted.

[Syntax990]

Unetbootin
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Seriously, use Google. Or bing if that's your thing.

[proxx]

Or bing if that's your thing.

I like that.
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[white-knight]

If you love the GOOGLE  it will take you under its wing and show you the ways of the Search Engine.. Be one with the GOOGLE.


But for now here are some nifty links I found from GOOGLE to aid you in journey into n00bdom


https://rufus.akeo.ie/
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/


Syntax990 shared Unetbootin that will also work..

[Syntax990]

I like that.
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It's been returned! Also, I didn't mean for it to rhyme. It's just out of habit.

Syntax990 shared Unetbootin that will also work..

It's the shit, You really won't need anything else unless you are using certain distributions like Arch Linux, in which case dd is just as great.