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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:56:55
Message-Id: 20140831180648.GA4505@syscon2
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by Joseph
1 I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
2
3 df -h
4 /dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
5
6 /dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32
7
8 while usb not mounted:
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10 dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
11 0+1 records in
12 0+1 records out
13 440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.00121707 s, 362 kB/s
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15 While usb mounted:
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17 cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
18 mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
19 mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux.cfg /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg
20 rm -rf /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux*
21 mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest86 /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest
22 sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel memtest:" /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg
23 umount /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
24 syslinux /dev/sda1
25
26 Does the "dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda"
27 has to be run when USB is mounted or unmounted?
28
29 --
30 Joseph

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Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Will Tomlinson <watomlinson@×××××.com>