The CDROM image was a firmware upgrade image from Dell (based on Linux). Mounting the image with iDRAC, it worked nicely. As one of the Servers had a dying iDRAC (Dell R320), I needed an USB stick.

I switch between computers a lot, so I use a persistent Linux USB that keeps my workspace consistent anywhere.

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Having bootable media ready can be a real lifesaver when you need to do a clean installation of Windows. Thankfully, it's easy to set that up. There are two main ways to create bootable media for a ...

Having a bootable USB flash drive of your operating system is a very useful tool to have around for diagnostics, maintenance or fresh clean installs of your OS. In the past few versions of OS X, if ...

Hey, I'm trying to create a bootable USB stick of a Windows 7 Home Premium disk using my Mac (10.7 Lion). I've followed the following procedure adapted from the Create a USB Stick on Mac OS X for ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

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