| 1 |
On 09/02/14 16:46, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
| 2 |
>On 02/09/2014 15:10, Joseph wrote: |
| 3 |
>> On 09/02/14 10:56, Mick wrote: |
| 4 |
>>> On 2 September 2014 09:00, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
| 5 |
>>>> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
| 6 |
>>>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote: |
| 7 |
>>>>> |
| 8 |
>>>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
| 9 |
>>>>>>> /dev/sdb1 * 0 389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS |
| 10 |
>>>>>>> |
| 11 |
>>>>>> I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this: |
| 12 |
>>>>>> |
| 13 |
>>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
| 14 |
>>>>>> /dev/sde1 * 1 3915775 1957887+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) |
| 15 |
>>>>>> |
| 16 |
>>>>>> Mine is FAT32 where yours is NTFS. Could that difference cause this |
| 17 |
>>>>>> problem? |
| 18 |
>>>>> No, it's just fdisk trying to guess the type of a filesystem that isn't |
| 19 |
>>>>> actually there. I've just run it over 7 distro ISOs and got "Hidden |
| 20 |
>>>>> HPFS/NTFS" for 5 of them. |
| 21 |
>>>> |
| 22 |
>>>> Well, it seems everyone is grasping at straws. So far, that is the only |
| 23 |
>>>> difference I have seen. It's a head scratcher for sure. |
| 24 |
>>>> |
| 25 |
>>>> Dale |
| 26 |
>>> |
| 27 |
>>> There's some more straws to grasp, namely the partition table that the |
| 28 |
>>> OP created with fdisk, as well as the first partition on it: |
| 29 |
>>> |
| 30 |
>>> Assuming the USB is still on /dev/sdb, then use fdisk to delete |
| 31 |
>>> partition /dev/sdb1. |
| 32 |
>>> |
| 33 |
>>> Then manually delete the USB DOS partition table: |
| 34 |
>>> |
| 35 |
>>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1 |
| 36 |
>>> |
| 37 |
>>> |
| 38 |
>>> Finally, reinstall the iso once more without creating any partitions |
| 39 |
>>> manually: |
| 40 |
>>> |
| 41 |
>>> dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso |
| 42 |
>>> of=/dev/sdb |
| 43 |
>>> |
| 44 |
>>> sync |
| 45 |
>>> |
| 46 |
>>> NOTE: Make sure that /dev/sdb is indeed your USB stick or you'll cause |
| 47 |
>>> damage |
| 48 |
>>> to whatever is on /dev/sdb. |
| 49 |
>>> |
| 50 |
>>> -- |
| 51 |
>>> Regards, |
| 52 |
>>> Mick |
| 53 |
>> |
| 54 |
>> I just did as you suggested dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1 |
| 55 |
>> dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sdb |
| 56 |
>> sync |
| 57 |
>> |
| 58 |
>> make no difference, the USB still will not boot. |
| 59 |
> |
| 60 |
>what *does* happen when you try boot of the usb. |
| 61 |
>Something must happen on the screen, please describe that |
| 62 |
> |
| 63 |
>-- |
| 64 |
>Alan McKinnon |
| 65 |
>alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
| 66 |
|
| 67 |
I have tried it on two boxes, they are both small units without CD |
| 68 |
1.) First is an older box that can not boot from Gentoo ISO USB generated with "dd" |
| 69 |
BIOS setting are: |
| 70 |
USB-ZIP |
| 71 |
USB-FDD |
| 72 |
Hard Disk |
| 73 |
|
| 74 |
2.) The second box is an ATOM-330 and the same USB boots OK. |
| 75 |
|
| 76 |
So the issue might be with the Bios on the first box. |
| 77 |
|
| 78 |
-- |
| 79 |
Joseph |
Archives