Creating .iso of an OS not working

[codeblaster]

Hi ,
I followed the steps shown in http://wiki.osdev.org/Bare_Bones and able to run it successfully on QEMU.
Now I want to run it from a bootable USB.

Now problem is that on the above link it has mentioned how to create .iso image but it is actually creating .bin image.

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mkdir -p isodir
mkdir -p isodir/boot
cp myos.bin isodir/boot/myos.bin
mkdir -p isodir/boot/grub
cp grub.cfg isodir/boot/grub/grub.cfg
grub-mkrescue -o myos.iso isodir

myos.bin works perfectly with QEMU. But when I create bootable usb , using

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sudo dd if=myos.bin of=/dev/sdb && sync

it says bootable image not found.

How do I create myos.iso? and why doesn't it create an iso image even though it is mentioned to create the .iso in

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grub-mkrescue -o myos.iso isodir

What should be the exact steps I should follow to create bootable usb from myos.bin?

[iansjack]

Many people have used those instructions successfully, so we can assume that they work. This means, if you are following them exactly, that there is something wrong with your setup. Try running the instructions manually one-by-one and note any messages that you get.

BTW, you do realize that you cannot simply dd an ISO image to an USB stick to get a bootable drive, don't you?

[codeblaster]

I have followed the same steps shown in the link.
Just that the

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grub-mkrescue -o myos.iso isodir

code has no effect. But no error messages are thrown.

I am attaching the entire commands I ran.

[Octocontrabass]

BTW, you do realize that you cannot simply dd an ISO image to an USB stick to get a bootable drive, don't you?

That depends on the ISO image.

The lack of error messages is unusual. Is it creating myos.iso somewhere you haven't looked?

[codeblaster]

I am searching that on my system. But isn't supposed to be on the current working directory?

[iansjack]

That depends on the ISO image.

I didn't realize that grub-mkrescue created hybrid ISO images.

I stand corrected.

[codeblaster]

Guys I have found the solution from http://wiki.osdev.org/GRUB_2
We need to install xorriso library.
Once I installed it and ran the

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grub-mkrescue -o myos.iso isodir

it created the myos.iso image

[iansjack]

I have followed the same steps shown in the link.
Just that the

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grub-mkrescue -o myos.iso isodir

code has no effect. But no error messages are thrown.

I am attaching the entire commands I ran.

And your grub.cfg files is exactly as shown in the Wiki?

[codeblaster]

Yes.

[abhyuday]

You have to install PC-BIOS version of the grub. To do that, type the following in the kernel :

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sudo apt-get install grub-pc-bin