From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4781913877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 00:29:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9E6F9E0C0C; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 00:29:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail144c7.megamailservers.com (mail129c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.24]) (using TLSv1.1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86E4BE0AAC for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 00:29:48 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin@sys-concept.com X-VIP: 69.49.109.100 Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail144c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id s820TdBi020123 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:29:41 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8974B20027E; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 18:29:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 18:29:46 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140902002946.GK15640@syscon7> References: <20140901095110.5bd3d426@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <9656274.IeHv5j4dDW@nemesis> <20140901162922.GF15640@syscon7> <20140901185337.GB1718@defunct.ch> <20140901211314.63fe9e3e@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <5404EBF9.6050601@gmail.com> <20140901230346.4aa8ecd0@digimed.co.uk> <20140901235129.GI15640@syscon7> <20140902010950.32625f03@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140902010950.32625f03@digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.54050F7B.008B,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.1 cv=ZcAkaKlA c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=SDcUNfBxAAAA:8 a=BDKbP5mgAAAA:8 a=Unq3plm5DvEA:10 a=M1kyBYkWWGkA:10 a=SuFnMd4Av3cA:10 a=-sCtj0qjysgA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=sFSK7j7Cano0Bt9wMdIA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 X-Archives-Salt: a9bc94ab-06c3-4a82-ac60-77a2ecc6dfa5 X-Archives-Hash: 95319bd73d95bc4fd2f724e13878a930 On 09/02/14 01:09, Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:51:29 -0600, Joseph wrote: > >> >> > It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. >> >> > You are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on >> >> > it? > >You didn't answer this. Yes, when I writ the image to USB the USB is not mounted. USB is /dev/sda1 and I'm writing it to /dev/sda > >> >Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install >> >image just now, dd returned after less than two seconds. sync took a >> >little longer... > >> Yes, I did use "sync" after "dd" makes no difference. > >Have you tried this with more than one drive, to rule out hardware >problems? Well, I don't expect USB to be a problem as SystemrescueCD can generate bootable USB on the same stick and it boots correctly; so I don't suspect hardware to be an issue. -- Joseph