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 B107613877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:49:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 652C4E0A99; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:49:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f173.google.com (mail-qc0-f173.google.com [209.85.216.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C4D7E07FC for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:49:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f173.google.com with SMTP id w7so7761793qcr.32 for ; Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:49:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KXPBN2Itt2vF+NNAOmlW6stNESOR8SElNtLvWczfghQ=; b=Xd1Wo55rm4XsDyRPFPIs3UNQeuF1Pm3rdLEC32bg1s9VRRfKr1OKn9BbP69VqNk6WE Ky+mkFWJ8oQKOGtoz/SBWPlGX3uFFkamddpLjBhoo70+mzOzVKxn8t9JTH6/+oIAGr3N SCa8Kfd9PM0iVQDSGSQ/ZRzKkY0UzSksk/Ojflo21XJxBWSj3gAtDNWn77MDdgsUIqp+ uJFiZtDOCM7s/xD6asTVknodm51J+Igosdls3tQp/9RDAfML39d+lP792JXNJz1GCV8g bSh0Rc1eifZXS9klxnywnSPVFoeymwr7qpwUhd4h0JC4fG05ilqLdEw3JuDY8kRxgFCw Y/LQ== X-Received: by 10.224.38.10 with SMTP id z10mr60865701qad.52.1409698159500; Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:49:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-74-240-55-140.jan.bellsouth.net. [74.240.55.140]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id i17sm13192004qay.47.2014.09.02.15.49.18 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:49:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5406496D.2080807@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 17:49:17 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 SeaMonkey/2.26.1 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> <5404EBF9.6050601@gmail.com> <20140901230346.4aa8ecd0@digimed.co.uk> <201409012314.11795.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20140902222712.GA2764@methusalix.lan> In-Reply-To: <20140902222712.GA2764@methusalix.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 05630c09-178e-4ce5-bd51-ce921104eb76 X-Archives-Hash: c6b43980ac3015f139ee95b5977d3cdd Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > 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. If you run sync and the prompt comes back for the next command, then sync should be finished. I guess one could try the eject command too. I think, THINK, it makes sure things are synced before it finishes. I do like the ones with the LED tho. Dale :-) :-)