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 8696A13877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:10:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FE2DE0882; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:10:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail125c7.megamailservers.com (mail718.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.28]) (using TLSv1.1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0BE94E0839 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:10:08 +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 mail125c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id s82EA63T015827 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:10:07 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9ED9C20027C; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 08:10:08 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 08:10:08 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140902141008.GN15640@syscon7> References: <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> <20140902131046.GM15640@syscon7> <5405C86C.7090804@thegeezer.net> 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: <5405C86C.7090804@thegeezer.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020201.5405CFBF.01BB,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=VdzOYjZ9 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=0exRY0pyYGbM6oQ-12YA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 X-Archives-Salt: 6e2f1aeb-72eb-4eb5-ae4f-0b14f6d15ef2 X-Archives-Hash: a0b087bf55fc4352906a9e107d161479 On 09/02/14 14:38, thegeezer wrote: >On 02/09/14 14:10, Joseph wrote: >> 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. >What actually happens when you try to boot ? >do you get any messages? >some bios will require you to specify usb boot device type of cdrom or >hard disk >do you have a press F11 for boot choices menu or similar? >it could be that you have usb cdrom selected as primary boot device, ide >disk as secondary and then "other removables" after this. >please confirm your bios boot orders > Booting sequence is USB and HD. If I will not insert bootable USB it will boot from HD It works, as the bootable USB I created with Systemrescue CD script it worked. When I plug in the USB stick it boots from it. -- Joseph