From: Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 07:10:46 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140902131046.GM15640@syscon7> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGOe-ewFYa+Wyt-_G3nbe0JEnLFF8Ws6M1qp9KwwixyLTdb29g@mail.gmail.com>
On 09/02/14 10:56, Mick wrote:
>On 2 September 2014 09:00, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>>>> /dev/sdb1 * 0 389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
>>>>>
>>>> I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this:
>>>>
>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>>> /dev/sde1 * 1 3915775 1957887+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>>>>
>>>> Mine is FAT32 where yours is NTFS. Could that difference cause this
>>>> problem?
>>> No, it's just fdisk trying to guess the type of a filesystem that isn't
>>> actually there. I've just run it over 7 distro ISOs and got "Hidden
>>> HPFS/NTFS" for 5 of them.
>>
>> Well, it seems everyone is grasping at straws. So far, that is the only
>> difference I have seen. It's a head scratcher for sure.
>>
>> Dale
>
>There's some more straws to grasp, namely the partition table that the
>OP created with fdisk, as well as the first partition on it:
>
>Assuming the USB is still on /dev/sdb, then use fdisk to delete
>partition /dev/sdb1.
>
>Then manually delete the USB DOS partition table:
>
>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1
>
>
>Finally, reinstall the iso once more without creating any partitions manually:
>
>dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sdb
>
>sync
>
>NOTE: Make sure that /dev/sdb is indeed your USB stick or you'll cause damage
>to whatever is on /dev/sdb.
>
>--
>Regards,
>Mick
I just did as you suggested
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1
dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sdb
sync
make no difference, the USB still will not boot.
--
Joseph
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Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-30 5:37 [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Joseph
2014-08-30 6:15 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-08-30 6:32 ` Joseph
2014-08-30 7:08 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-08-31 18:06 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 0:55 ` Will Tomlinson
2014-09-01 1:28 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 2:06 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 2:16 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 6:48 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 7:18 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-09-01 15:44 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 8:02 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-09-01 15:45 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 9:46 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 9:32 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-09-01 16:00 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 11:20 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-09-01 8:51 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 9:13 ` Mick
2014-09-01 10:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 9:42 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 9:58 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 16:29 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 16:38 ` Christopher Jones
2014-09-01 16:41 ` Christopher Jones
2014-09-01 19:12 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 20:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 18:53 ` Christian Kruse
2014-09-01 19:50 ` Will Tomlinson
2014-09-01 23:42 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 0:08 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 0:26 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 5:36 ` Mick
2014-09-02 5:55 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 6:23 ` Dale
2014-09-02 7:21 ` Christian Kruse
2014-09-02 7:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 8:00 ` Dale
2014-09-02 9:56 ` Mick
2014-09-02 10:16 ` Dale
2014-09-02 13:10 ` Joseph [this message]
2014-09-02 13:26 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 9:38 ` Alec Ten Harmsel
2014-09-02 13:38 ` thegeezer
2014-09-02 14:10 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 14:40 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-09-02 14:42 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 16:16 ` thegeezer
2014-09-02 22:32 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2014-09-02 14:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-09-02 16:50 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 17:21 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 18:12 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 21:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 18:17 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-09-02 21:55 ` Walter Dnes
2014-09-02 12:29 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-09-01 20:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 21:58 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-09-01 22:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 22:14 ` Mick
2014-09-02 22:27 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2014-09-02 22:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 22:49 ` Dale
2014-09-01 23:51 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 0:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 0:29 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 0:36 ` wraeth
2014-09-02 9:48 ` Christian Kruse
2014-09-01 20:05 ` Neil Bothwick
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