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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:29:55
Message-Id: 20140902002946.GK15640@syscon7
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by Neil Bothwick
1 On 09/02/14 01:09, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 >On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:51:29 -0600, Joseph wrote:
3 >
4 >> >> > It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image.
5 >> >> > You are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on
6 >> >> > it?
7 >
8 >You didn't answer this.
9
10 Yes, when I writ the image to USB the USB is not mounted.
11 USB is /dev/sda1
12 and I'm writing it to /dev/sda
13
14 >
15 >> >Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install
16 >> >image just now, dd returned after less than two seconds. sync took a
17 >> >little longer...
18 >
19 >> Yes, I did use "sync" after "dd" makes no difference.
20 >
21 >Have you tried this with more than one drive, to rule out hardware
22 >problems?
23
24 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
25 issue.
26
27 --
28 Joseph

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Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>