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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] booting from a usb flash drive
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 01:40:37
Message-Id: CAJ0EP426uONyJQZm1x2_QwswFbzhNLKXHcdWf1799p0AtP=qCw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] booting from a usb flash drive by gottlieb@nyu.edu
1 On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:40 PM, <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:
2 > I believe I correctly dd'ed a minimal cd onto a usb flash (aka thumb)
3 > drive.
4 >
5 > I set the boot order on my new system (dell 7450) to have the usb
6 > storage device first. Sure enough I get the isolinux prompt and the
7 > kernel is loaded.
8 >
9 > However after asking for the keymap (I just hit enter)
10 > it types "looking for the cdrom". There is no cdrom.
11 >
12 > It then tries to mount media /dev/sda[123] (which are dell and windows
13 > partitions). When this fails it announces "no bootable medium found"
14 >
15 > I tried adding the doscsi option, no change.
16 >
17 > What did I do wrong?
18
19 Does your system have USB 3 ports? USB 3 is currently broken on the
20 installcd images.
21
22 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554202

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] booting from a usb flash drive Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] booting from a usb flash drive gottlieb@×××.edu