[conspire] bootable USB

[Paul Zander]

I downloaded several live .ISO files with the expectation of "test drive" before doing install.  I bought several new USB sticks for the purpose. 

However, I can't seem to make a thumb drive bootable.

On a Linux machine I did used dd to write to the USB stick.
  dd if=debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso of=/dev/sdh1 bs=4M ; sync


A listing the directory on the USB drive showed several files and directories.  I had not just copied the .iso file.

ls -l Debian\ jessie\ 20150908-21\:50/
total 586
-r--r--r-- 1 paulz paulz    133 Sep  8 13:50 autorun.inf
lr-xr-xr-x 1 paulz paulz      1 Sep  8 13:41 debian -> .
dr-xr-xr-x 1 paulz paulz   2048 Sep  8 13:41 dists
-r--r--r-- 1 paulz paulz 180335 Sep  8 13:50 g2ldr
-r--r--r-- 1 paulz paulz   8192 Sep  8 13:50 g2ldr.mbr
dr-xr-xr-x 1 paulz paulz   2048 Sep  8 13:50 install
dr-xr-xr-x 1 paulz paulz   2048 Sep  8 13:50 isolinux
dr-xr-xr-x 1 paulz paulz   2048 Sep  8 13:50 live
-r--r--r-- 1 paulz paulz  28165 Sep  8 13:50 md5sum.txt
dr-xr-xr-x 1 paulz paulz   2048 Sep  8 13:41 pool
-r--r--r-- 1 paulz paulz 368480 Sep  8 13:50 setup.exe
dr-xr-xr-x 1 paulz paulz   2048 Sep  8 13:50 tools
-r--r--r-- 1 paulz paulz    228 Sep  8 13:50 win32-loader.ini


However, after rebooting the computer and remembering which key to press to change boot order, the thumb drive was not listed as a choice.

I also tried the utility UNetbootin on a Windoz machine with similar results?

Any suggestions?