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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 08:01:04
Message-Id: 54057934.8060404@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
5 >>> /dev/sdb1 * 0 389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
6 >>>
7 >> I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this:
8 >>
9 >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
10 >> /dev/sde1 * 1 3915775 1957887+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
11 >>
12 >> Mine is FAT32 where yours is NTFS. Could that difference cause this
13 >> problem?
14 > No, it's just fdisk trying to guess the type of a filesystem that isn't
15 > actually there. I've just run it over 7 distro ISOs and got "Hidden
16 > HPFS/NTFS" for 5 of them.
17 >
18 >
19
20 Well, it seems everyone is grasping at straws. So far, that is the only
21 difference I have seen. It's a head scratcher for sure.
22
23 Dale
24
25 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>