Can I burn a Linux ISO to a USB stick?

[ChrisM666]

I want to burn a Linux distro to a USB stick using my iMac but have got either another ISO image on the stick or, if the ISO is unpacked, a fine-looking set of files on it which will not boot.

How do I create a bootable stick, please??

 

[oldmanmac]

You might want to go here "https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick" Complete directions for both Mac and windows.

 

[nixgeek]

This thread may be of more help if you're doing this on a Mac OS X session. It pretty much mentioned using the dd command, but goes into more detail specific to OS X.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=123100