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   JJ to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: iso on usb   
   08 Sep 22 12:38:41   
   
   From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 16:57:15 -0700 (PDT), muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Reactos is distributed as an iso which   
   > can be burnt to cd, which I understand.   
   >   
   > I have been told that the same iso can be   
   > burnt to USB stick and also work.   
   >   
   > How is it possible to boot from a USB stick   
   > that contains an iso image instead of   
   > a hard disk image?   
      
   The ISO is booted by using grub/grub2 boot manager which has the ability to   
   make a virtual floppy/CD and boot to it. So basically, the ISO is mounted   
   and to a virtual CD then the boot process is transferred to the CD's boot   
   code. Not all OS-in-ISO can be booted with this method though.   
      
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