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<h1 id="figuring-out-what-is-the-usb-stick">Figuring out what is the USB stick</h1>
<p>Start by mounting the stick which should be automatic in GUI.</p>
<pre><code>mount|grep /dev/sd</code></pre>
<p>should tell what is the /dev/USBSTICK</p>
<h2 id="creating-bootable-usb-stick">Creating bootable USB stick</h2>
<pre><code>isohybrid image.iso
dd if=image of=/dev/USBSTICK bs=1024</code></pre>
<h2 id="creating-.iso-from-cddvd">Creating .iso from CD/DVD</h2>
<p>First unmount the CD/DVD and then</p>
<pre><code>dd if=/dev/DRIVE of=image.iso</code></pre>
<p>DRIVE can be /dev/dvd /dev/cdrom or /dev/scd0 depending on the CD/DVD.</p>
<h2 id="backing-up-scratched-cddvd">Backing up scratched CD/DVD</h2>
<pre><code>dd if=/dev/DRIVE (see above) of=IMAGE.iso conv=noerror</code></pre>
<p>maybe ddrescue should be used instead of dd.</p>
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