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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:36:32
Message-Id: 201409020636.17608.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by Joseph
1 On Tuesday 02 Sep 2014 01:26:05 Joseph wrote:
2 > On 09/02/14 01:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > >On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:42:47 -0600, Joseph wrote:
4 > >> I just tried "usb_instal.sh" script from systemrescuecd-x86-4.3.0.iso
5 > >> and my box boots just fine. So why do I have problem using "unetbootin"
6 > >> and generating bootable USB manually.
7 > >
8 > >unetbootin uses some $MAGIC that doesn't work with all ISOs. isohybrid
9 > >seems to work with everything and is much simpler to use too.
10 >
11 > I just tried it as root:
12 > isohybrid install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso
13 > dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sda
14 > bs=4096 sync
15 >
16 > And the USB still can not boot it :-/
17
18 This is rather strange.
19
20 What do you see when you run
21
22 fdisk -l /dev/sda
23
24 *after* you have completed dd and sync as you show above?
25
26 --
27 Regards,
28 Mick

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