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 87D4F13877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F22B0E0D00; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:10:47 +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 C93EAE0CB4 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:10:46 +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 s82DAiHK003104 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:10:45 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A19F20027C; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 07:10:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 07:10:46 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140902131046.GM15640@syscon7> References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140902010802.70b66b75@digimed.co.uk> <20140902002605.GJ15640@syscon7> <201409020636.17608.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20140902055515.GL15640@syscon7> <54056271.7020704@gmail.com> <20140902083540.182ae359@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <54057934.8060404@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: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020201.5405C1D5.029D,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=SJ9PLtvGoXmgh9AVw0cA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 X-Archives-Salt: 2f75e32b-ebdf-4bb4-b77f-28c81a622d51 X-Archives-Hash: 8ce35246fbe9c79c307bf954ea2cb363 On 09/02/14 10:56, Mick wrote: >On 2 September 2014 09:00, Dale 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