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 4735613877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 05:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C92CFE0CF7; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 05:55:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail145c7.megamailservers.com (mail130c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.25]) (using TLSv1.1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3608E0CEE for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 05:55:16 +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 mail145c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id s825t7h5024193 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 01:55:09 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2180320027E; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 23:55:15 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 23:55:15 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140902055515.GL15640@syscon7> References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140902010802.70b66b75@digimed.co.uk> <20140902002605.GJ15640@syscon7> <201409020636.17608.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 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: <201409020636.17608.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020204.54055BC3.00FB,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=LtirlBtc 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=eZvt-KmQkWvceIMoP5YA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 X-Archives-Salt: cd3a9fa7-0e07-427c-acbd-122de0b617cb X-Archives-Hash: 859b2a29a7586b08926ee1790fd03da2 On 09/02/14 06:36, Mick wrote: >On Tuesday 02 Sep 2014 01:26:05 Joseph wrote: >> On 09/02/14 01:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:42:47 -0600, Joseph wrote: >> >> I just tried "usb_instal.sh" script from systemrescuecd-x86-4.3.0.iso >> >> and my box boots just fine. So why do I have problem using "unetbootin" >> >> and generating bootable USB manually. >> > >> >unetbootin uses some $MAGIC that doesn't work with all ISOs. isohybrid >> >seems to work with everything and is much simpler to use too. >> >> I just tried it as root: >> isohybrid install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso >> dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sda >> bs=4096 sync >> >> And the USB still can not boot it :-/ > >This is rather strange. > >What do you see when you run > > fdisk -l /dev/sda > >*after* you have completed dd and sync as you show above? > >-- >Regards, >Mick Yes, indeed I find it very strange as well. I just re-run the dd on my faster box. dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 48640+0 records in 48640+0 records out 199229440 bytes (199 MB) copied, 318.573 s, 625 kB/s sync fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 960 MiB, 1006632960 bytes, 1966080 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x1047d058 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 0 389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS -- Joseph