On 09/02/14 10:56, Mick wrote:
On 2 September 2014 09:00, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 0 389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 * 1 3915775 1957887+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Mine is FAT32 where yours is NTFS. Could that difference cause this
problem?
No, it's just fdisk trying to guess the type of a filesystem that isn't
actually there. I've just run it over 7 distro ISOs and got "Hidden
HPFS/NTFS" for 5 of them.
Well, it seems everyone is grasping at straws. So far, that is the only
difference I have seen. It's a head scratcher for sure.
Dale
There's some more straws to grasp, namely the partition table that the
OP created with fdisk, as well as the first partition on it:
Assuming the USB is still on /dev/sdb, then use fdisk to delete
partition /dev/sdb1.
Then manually delete the USB DOS partition table:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1
Finally, reinstall the iso once more without creating any partitions manually:
dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sdb
sync
NOTE: Make sure that /dev/sdb is indeed your USB stick or you'll cause damage
to whatever is on /dev/sdb.
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Regards,
Mick
I just did as you suggested
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1
dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso of=/dev/sdb
sync
make no difference, the USB still will not boot.
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Joseph
