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 74FD113877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:39:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FD10E0AFE; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from uberouter3.guranga.net (unknown [81.19.48.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28259E098A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.1] (83-71-31-105-dynamic.b-ras1.mgr.mullingar.eircom.net [83.71.31.105]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by uberouter3.guranga.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 62537BD8 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:39:08 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <5405C86C.7090804@thegeezer.net> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:38:52 +0100 From: thegeezer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.7.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB 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> <20140902131046.GM15640@syscon7> In-Reply-To: <20140902131046.GM15640@syscon7> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9f453e26-23f3-4045-a1dc-5e2019f9d0b7 X-Archives-Hash: c8458623e38a3d6f61d13f95b4e6b405 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