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 E8D0313877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:48:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93856E0D44; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:48:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jugulator.defunced.de (jugulator.defunced.de [89.238.65.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66AD6E0D1A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:48:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jugulator.defunced.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E24726E00C for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:48:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at defunct.ch Received: from jugulator.defunced.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (painkiller.defunced.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id REkrwdWpRt_T for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:48:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (mnsr-4db1eea2.pool.mediaWays.net [77.177.238.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by jugulator.defunced.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4DB5F726E004 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:48:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:48:00 +0200 From: Christian Kruse To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB In-Reply-To: <20140901211314.63fe9e3e@hactar.digimed.co.uk> References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140831205527.4ea565c2@joel.rcfcuxp.local> <20140901095110.5bd3d426@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <9656274.IeHv5j4dDW@nemesis> <20140901162922.GF15640@syscon7> <20140901185337.GB1718@defunct.ch> <20140901211314.63fe9e3e@hactar.digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/24.3 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) 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 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <20140902094834.60E24726E00C@jugulator.defunced.de> X-Archives-Salt: 00850538-cc54-4766-b23a-abf8b8de63ea X-Archives-Hash: c54a63e49be40bc7a9556d2c9e321441 Hi, At Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:13:14 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB > > stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't > > work. > > 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? Yeah, I'm sure. But it might be a weird BIOS problem, since I can only boot from USB sticks when they're sticked into a USB slot at the back. Regards, -- Christian Kruse http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/