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On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600 |
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Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work. |
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> df -h |
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> /dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa |
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> |
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> /dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32 |
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> while usb not mounted: |
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> dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda |
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> 0+1 records in |
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> 0+1 records out |
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> 440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.00121707 s, 362 kB/s |
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> While usb mounted: |
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> cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa |
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> mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa |
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> mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux.cfg /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg |
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> rm -rf /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux* |
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> mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest86 /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest |
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> sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel |
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> memtest:" /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg |
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> umount /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa syslinux /dev/sda1 |
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> Does the "dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda" |
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> has to be run when USB is mounted or unmounted? |
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Joseph, I am assuming you are trying to create an install disk? If so, |
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you shouldn't have to do all these steps. I normally just download the |
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minimal install ISO and write it to a USB drive with the following |
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commands: |
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# dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096 |
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# sync |
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You don't have to mount the USB drive. Use sync to ensure that all the |
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data has actually been written to the device before you remove it. |
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I have run across problems with some ISO files that don't play nice |
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with this method, but this one seems to work well with the Gentoo |
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minimal CD. Also, keep in mind that you don't really need to have the |
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Gentoo install disc to install Gentoo. It's certainly EASIER to follow |
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the handbook when you have the minimal install disc, but just about any |
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Linux live CD will work as long as the architecture matches (chroot |
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from x86 to amd64, for example, will not work). Anyway, if this is not |
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what you are trying to do, maybe you can give us more details. |
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Will Tomlinson |
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