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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>wrote: |
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> Hello list, |
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> I'm trying to install Gentoo on a new eee-pc but falling at the first |
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> hurdle. I've followed the instructions on making a boot USB stick in |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml but the machine doesn't recognise |
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> the stick at boot time. It's a 4GB stick so I made a FAT-32 partition |
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> occupying the whole space, using mkdosfs, then copied the contents of |
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> install-x86-minimal-20090915.iso following the instructions. I did all the |
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> things I was told to, but at the next boot the BIOS calls the stick merely |
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> a "removable device", not a USB disk, and then it doesn't boot from it. |
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A basic thing to check - make sure your BIOS is set to boot the removable |
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device before the internal HDD - you have to do this with the USB stick |
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inserted, and (if the 1000H is anything like the 900A), it will revert to |
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internal HDD first any time you boot w/o the USB stick inserted. |
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Oh, and "removable device" is fine - the BIOS doesn't have the smarts to |
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know if it's a USB stick, an external USB HDD, an SD card through a USB |
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adapter, or ??? |
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HTH |
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-James |
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> Can anyone tell me if that web page is up to date and complete? I notice it |
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> doesn't say to make the _stick_ bootable, only the partition on it. |
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> TIA. |
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> Rgds |
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> Peter |
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