Sometimes, the size and complexity of modern OSes – even the FOSS ones – is enough to make us miss the days when an entire bootable OS could fit in three files, when configuring a PC for production ...

I tring to make a bootable usb key for memtest86. The system I making this for is mini-pc that is diskless (no cd-rom or floppy). Memtest86 only provides images for floppies (.bin) and cd-rom (.iso).

I have a laptop that supports booting from USB and I have a 16MB Dell USB memory key. I used the Dell application (Memory Key Boot Utility) to format the Dell key, which supposedly also makes it ...