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 534AF13877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D40AE0A8E; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:34:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0A5AE0A59 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:34:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([141.24.17.154]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MHLNn-1XbvAo30Lr-00E9uu for ; Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:34:25 +0200 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:32:24 +0200 From: Frank Steinmetzger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140902223224.GB2764@methusalix.lan> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <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> <20140902141008.GN15640@syscon7> 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: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Y7xTucakfITjPcLV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140902141008.GN15640@syscon7> User-Agent: Mutt 1.5.22 (2013-10-16, Gentoo 1.5.22-r3) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Bhq1GP2om0IV/4g2JLreGk6zFPJlRFY9L4ILMP+JaNOvMofxKft NtY5m/GrRASsZePz9amtDdzKBIOsPsdDQSh7w3O0JTZ8hM9CNHsLwF8cCtbc8wpbnkh/G7z fbxIokZAH2s1m33jIw8QKCgv4WyhhSe/IF2q7hxx2iOXm1/iTQugFVu+Q5sp1yFcjlrY5zu a8aXF8Sm0WlO4ul6Afr5w== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-Archives-Salt: 4ee2076f-fe25-45a7-b293-6b29e521f45c X-Archives-Hash: 8cfeb7dd77fcb1153cbb119be58e4c59 --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 08:10:08AM -0600, Joseph wrote: > >> I just did as you suggested dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/sdb bs=3D512 c= ount=3D1 > >> dd if=3D/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso > >> of=3D/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 >=20 > 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. It is my observation with many (if not all) of my systems that the USB stick was in fact not considered a USB device but an HDD. So to boot from a stick, instead of changing the boot order to USB =E2=86=92 HDD =E2=86=92 CD-Rom = =E2=86=92 whatever I had to put HDD at the top and then =E2=80=93 within the HDD selection =E2=80=93 mo= ve the USB stick above the internal HDD. But then again, those were mostly laptops, whose BIOSes always seemed very crippled to me. --=20 Gru=C3=9F | Greetings | Qapla=E2=80=99 Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook servi= ce. =E2=80=9CAn itching nose must be scratched.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=A6 Kosh (Star W= reck) --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUBkV4AAoJEIsxvrVA1DDKBRMP+wVCjKEG1nUELlJG1H1lMVtY PdYFe7TuHeU9sGTEop4jsJxCbjZyVBjE5YxIGXavq9ViRFmNXveLrFNKkxCyO0Bv m1apqIqf7ijRminPxE1usAyqr2DH7+mFtGGH95Hf/ohjLjmKzUV/+tbtBX35qFpD HAKZ+yVRLUyK+zzEKapwLdxu8PPyFfUgl6gj37SoI3bzTY+L/bCDU6HuyaMjvVdy a55zZbxANA0ZRUqqRVFj/Ajloz1h/WVDEQ4T1SwW2BrfmAmA59elcg2tf1QOjO6C OJEKZ358kjWDFYE0x0JF2xdHqCVpPGt8IIC3Yxol2wh5pteOIJcZUd2TB4wr8Axo dvo5BVM47Z5wjnDycJPW4N3QExuMTAJzZ8KJU2eRLD95g99GjZpO+pzv8HMSdBSZ BLz89W9LQQa13agv8EaPsP8dcdMD0tRj9bU6pw3jLlAVPWqtJ2OMqBK6mUU++aoa y0iXe80na6wRz2YzF/SIsZ6kYDurjq1Jgtp533/XcNfUJ2s+ZXAEBLBr61jI0LEj bRnEZ1qXqSQU/b/TD1HroGIDn7wBq6Ig6MdA8XEsQ+QdrnDNaK0HU5led9PUp4uy GXAeFBMJsvJaa+AasepFH6Cc47nNJ1NoGzIOwzqXA4i06rpghCMmWoAllxfPync4 s5MOPxM7LaUesA422onF =enk0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV--