On 5/15/2012 4:12 PM, dave wrote: > Hi, > Google is sometimes not my friend. Grump for an older guy. ;-)
Greetings from a fellow grump. > The idea is to install a linux from a live cd to at usb so I can get it > on a D510MO. Since this board has no ide the route I think makes sense > is: > Download live iso from .ro site (done) > Transfer iso to bootable usb. > Boot from usb and install on a SATA drive. Ummm. Ubuntu 10.04LTS, at least, includes the ability to create a bootable USB driver using Startup Disk Creator (look in the System/Administration menu). You can also search the pendrivelinux.com site for their various recipes. > The usb is a 4G Lexar. Fdisk doesn't like it. I have managed to drag > and drop at least most of the CD to the usb but that certainly doesn't > make it bootable. > > There must be a reasonable way to do this from the command line. > > Here is the first stumbling block. > > dave@dsk:~$ cd /media > dave@dsk:/media$ chmod 0777 -v -R -f Lexar > mode of `Lexar' changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) > dave@dsk:/media$ fdisk /media/Lexar > last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 40700 > You will not be able to write the partition table. > > cfdisk simply reports "no write perms". Haven't run into this but then I've never had to chmod a USB stick. If push comes to shove I suppose you could use a Windows system to reformat the drive and then start again in Ubuntu, but that seems excessive. > TIA > > Dave > > Good luck. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
