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On 09/02/14 01:09, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:51:29 -0600, Joseph wrote: |
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>> >> > It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. |
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>> >> > You are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on |
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>You didn't answer this. |
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Yes, when I writ the image to USB the USB is not mounted. |
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USB is /dev/sda1 |
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and I'm writing it to /dev/sda |
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>> >Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install |
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>> >image just now, dd returned after less than two seconds. sync took a |
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>> >little longer... |
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>> Yes, I did use "sync" after "dd" makes no difference. |
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>Have you tried this with more than one drive, to rule out hardware |
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>problems? |
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Well, I don't expect USB to be a problem as SystemrescueCD can generate bootable USB on the same stick and it boots correctly; so I don't suspect hardware to be an |
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issue. |
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Joseph |