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 AD5A713877A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3A39E0D29; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:56:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f176.google.com (mail-vc0-f176.google.com [209.85.220.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97243E0B4F for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f176.google.com with SMTP id ik5so6614751vcb.21 for ; Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:56:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=WWd0pUxid4FbvkmgITWaMlSQ+gPsvB4k7ULb8ckGAL0=; b=ahwsSat/dnjhTrsEN+MmYzOS7QjjbSQhBj/DAQ/4m+2IDHuvzLw8KKnmpS99qpfTG/ e6rBkF69pBLsGO0hqd6t6Xa3y+X02IMUejXLQDClBUe923E0dW43qHta2KSIAVBGMwHQ uFBluvq9ps2MKTf7BGPqqBGY1URS5bvoj+yDQoAjk/uGbpPX0gDpojHbP8AXrIoKrz26 hji8CJ6/Kb1C5hHQWnzOJqSvOKVi2oIUoT3+Akn+M8ebcjJ2p4EAfAYA3Ne2uDx28vnx ryfSzUlNZawhVC3jgydw7Z3e0pVaTUiQ+nAG9csr8fzvEf2Q5c245iAcaiLqeLlbxgzI xPoA== 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 X-Received: by 10.220.86.72 with SMTP id r8mr172770vcl.36.1409651775649; Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:56:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.4.198 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 02:56:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <54057934.8060404@gmail.com> 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> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:56:15 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB From: Mick To: gentoo-user Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 0acc2cd5-008a-4ff4-82ee-0edeeb9a698e X-Archives-Hash: 31bccb7375a709a1664867db11f11d6d 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