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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:51:38
Message-Id: 20140901235129.GI15640@syscon7
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by Neil Bothwick
1 On 09/01/14 23:03, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 >On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:58:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 >
4 >> > It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. You
5 >> > are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on it?
6 >
7 >> every single time I've had trouble using dd and unetbootin on a usb
8 >> stick it's because I yanked it out of the socket too early.
9 >>
10 >> just sayin'
11 >
12 >Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install image
13 >just now, dd returned after less than two seconds. sync took a little
14 >longer...
15 >
16 >
17 >--
18 >Neil Bothwick
19 >
20 >I thought the 10 commandments were multiple choice.
21
22 Yes, I did use "sync" after "dd" makes no difference.
23
24 --
25 Joseph

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Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>