"burning" ISO on USB pen

[melalec]

Hi all.
I'd lik to test various linux distros on an old platform, but I don't have a CD burner.
Is it possible to "burn" an ISO image to a USB pen?
I've tried with Damn Small Linux instructions but it doesn't work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot.

[bigtomrodney]

If it really is an old system (older than mid Pentium 4 era) the chances are the system won't boot from USB to run this anyway. Have you considered using virtualisation such as qemu or VirtualBox?

[melalec]

If it really is an old system (older than mid Pentium 4 era) the chances are the system won't boot from USB to run this anyway. Have you considered using virtualisation such as qemu or VirtualBox?

Yes, but it isn't what I need.
Anyway the BIOS support USB boot: the problem I had with Damn Small Linux was a syslog message of wrong kernel image.

[bigtomrodney]

I used to boot Slax from USB. The downside is I think you need to run it from CD to install it to disk, or at least you did in the older versions.

Check out this link, I hope it helps (particularly the Linux Mint section) -

How to Install Linux to a USB flash pen drive using Windows | USB Pen Drive Linux