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From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:55:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140902215553.GA26954@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140902165002.GO15640@syscon7>

On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 10:50:02AM -0600, Joseph wrote
> 
> I have tried it on two boxes, they are both small units without CD
> 1.) First is an older box that can not boot from Gentoo ISO USB
> generated with "dd"
> BIOS setting are:
> USB-ZIP
*********
*********
*********

> USB-FDD
*********
*********
*********

> Hard Disk
> 
> 2.) The second box is an  ATOM-330 and the same USB boots OK.
> 
> So the issue might be with the Bios on the first box.

  A USB stick is ***NOT*** a zip-drive or a floppy drive.  That could be
your problem right there.  Do you have any other USB options in your
BIOS boot menu?  Is there anything like "usb key" or "usb thumbdrive"?
They would make more sense.

BTW, I have a machine with weird behaviour.  If I...
* insert the USB stick
* boot to BIOS setup
* select the boot-order menu

  Then the USB key shows up as an option in the boot-order menu...
complete with manufacturer name and model of the USB key.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-02 21:56 UTC|newest]

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
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 [this message]
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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