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From: Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:27:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140902222712.GA2764@methusalix.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201409012314.11795.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 11:14:10PM +0100, Mick wrote:

> > > every single time I've had trouble using dd and unetbootin on a usb
> > > stick it's because I yanked it out of the socket too early.
> > >
> > > just sayin'
> >
> > Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install image
> > just now, dd returned after less than two seconds. sync took a little
> > longer...
>
> BTW, I bricked a USB stick when I impatiently pulled it out thinking that dd
> had finished.  I learned to be more patient and less stupid from that
> experience.
>
> Run sync and wait for it to finish.  ;-)

The problem here is that more and more USB stick models don't have a LED
anymore so the manufacturer can shave off another 2 cents from the bill.
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  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-02 22:28 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
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 [this message]
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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