Joseph wrote:
Yes, indeed I find it very strange as well.
I just re-run the dd on my faster box.
dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso
of=/dev/sdb bs=4096
48640+0 records in
48640+0 records out
199229440 bytes (199 MB) copied, 318.573 s, 625 kB/s
sync
fdisk -l
Hi,
At Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500,
Dale wrote:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks
Hi,
At Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:13:14 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB
stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't
work.
It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. You
are writing it to
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:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my
Mick wrote:
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
On Monday, September 01, 2014 10:00:43 AM Joseph wrote:
On 09/01/14 11:32, J. Roeleveld wrote:
On Sunday, August 31, 2014 08:06:46 PM Joseph wrote:
On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
I've re-run the setup but
On Sep 2, 2014, at 8:55, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/02/14 06:36, Mick wrote:
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2014 01:26:05 Joseph wrote:
On 09/02/14 01:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:42:47 -0600, Joseph wrote:
I just tried usb_instal.sh script from
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:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
I don't know if it
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 07:10:46 -0600, Joseph wrote:
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.
This is odd as you have created a
On 09/02/2014 01:26 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 07:10:46 -0600, Joseph wrote:
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
On 02/09/14 14:10, Joseph wrote:
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:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hidden
On 09/02/14 14:38, thegeezer wrote:
On 02/09/14 14:10, Joseph wrote:
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:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *
On Tuesday 02 September 2014 08:10:08 Joseph wrote:
On 09/02/14 14:38, thegeezer wrote:
What actually happens when you try to boot ?
do you get any messages?
some bios will require you to specify usb boot device type of cdrom or
hard disk
do you have a press F11 for boot choices menu or
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 08:10:08 -0600, Joseph wrote:
Booting sequence is USB and HD. If I will not insert bootable USB it
will boot from HD It works, as the bootable USB I created with
Systemrescue CD script it worked. When I plug in the USB stick it
boots from it.
How does the output of fdisk
On 02/09/2014 15:10, Joseph wrote:
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:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17
On 02/09/14 15:10, Joseph wrote:
On 09/02/14 14:38, thegeezer wrote:
On 02/09/14 14:10, Joseph wrote:
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:
DeviceBoot Start
On 09/02/14 16:46, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 02/09/2014 15:10, Joseph wrote:
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:
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:50:02 -0600, Joseph wrote:
I have tried it on two boxes, they are both small units without CD
1.) First is an older box that can not boot from Gentoo ISO USB
generated with dd BIOS setting are:
USB-ZIP
USB-FDD
Hard Disk
2.) The second box is an ATOM-330 and the
On 09/02/14 18:21, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:50:02 -0600, Joseph wrote:
I have tried it on two boxes, they are both small units without CD
1.) First is an older box that can not boot from Gentoo ISO USB
generated with dd BIOS setting are:
USB-ZIP
USB-FDD
Hard Disk
2.) The
On 2 September 2014 18:50:02 CEST, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/02/14 16:46, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 02/09/2014 15:10, Joseph wrote:
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,
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 12:12:43 -0600, Joseph wrote:
It is very confusing.
The box 1.) (above) I was testing it on my old USB stick I generated
few years ago (it boots OK), it boots USB stick generated by
Systemrescue CD. It does not boot USB stick I generated a new one
(manually), nor does it
On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 10:50:02AM -0600, Joseph wrote
I have tried it on two boxes, they are both small units without CD
1.) First is an older box that can not boot from Gentoo ISO USB
generated with dd
BIOS setting are:
USB-ZIP
*
*
*
USB-FDD
*
*
On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 11:14:10PM +0100, Mick wrote:
every single time I've had trouble using dd and unetbootin on a usb
stick it's because I yanked it out of the socket too early.
just sayin'
Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install image
just now, dd
On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 08:10:08AM -0600, Joseph wrote:
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.
What actually happens when
On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:27:12 +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
Run sync and wait for it to finish. ;-)
The problem here is that more and more USB stick models don't have a LED
anymore so the manufacturer can shave off another 2 cents from the bill.
That's why it is important to run sync,
Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 11:14:10PM +0100, Mick wrote:
every single time I've had trouble using dd and unetbootin on a usb
stick it's because I yanked it out of the socket too early.
just sayin'
Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install
On 09/01/14 12:16, wraeth wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB stick
with 1MB capacity...?
dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
sync
I
On 01/09/2014 08:48, Joseph wrote:
On 09/01/14 12:16, wraeth wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB
stick
with 1MB capacity...?
dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso
On Monday 01 September 2014 00:48:25 Joseph wrote:
In my case I was doing as root:
dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sda
bs=4096 sync
If your USB stick is /dev/sda, what device is your root partition?
--
Regards
Peter
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:55:27 -0400, Will Tomlinson wrote:
# dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
# sync
You don't have to mount the USB drive. Use sync to ensure that all the
data has actually been written to the device before you remove it.
The ISO image has to
On Monday 01 Sep 2014 09:51:10 Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:55:27 -0400, Will Tomlinson wrote:
# dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
# sync
You don't have to mount the USB drive. Use sync to ensure that all the
data has actually been written
On Sunday, August 31, 2014 08:06:46 PM Joseph wrote:
On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
df -h
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:51:10 Neil Bothwick wrote:
The ISO image has to be created as a hybrid image for this to work.
I'm pretty sure the Gentoo minimal image is - I've been dd'ing the iso's for
quite a while now, and it's always been a simple case of download, verify, dd.
Besides, running
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 00:48:25 Joseph wrote:
In my case I was doing as root:
dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sda
bs=4096 sync
and the usb was unmounted.
As mentioned by Alan, you haven't clarified what you meant by 1MB USB stick
- trying to put a
On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:42:04 +1000, wraeth wrote:
The ISO image has to be created as a hybrid image for this to
work.
I'm pretty sure the Gentoo minimal image is - I've been dd'ing the
iso's for quite a while now, and it's always been a simple case of
download, verify, dd.
Besides,
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 10:13:20 +0100, Mick wrote:
Also, I have seen everywhere bs=1048576 being used with the dd command
for hybrid iso images, rather than bs=4096 or some other value. I am
not sure if writing a larger block size is of importance, but I mention
it in case it makes a difference.
On 09/01/14 09:18, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 01/09/2014 08:48, Joseph wrote:
On 09/01/14 12:16, wraeth wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB
stick
with 1MB
On 09/01/14 09:02, Peter Humphrey wrote:
On Monday 01 September 2014 00:48:25 Joseph wrote:
In my case I was doing as root:
dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sda
bs=4096 sync
If your USB stick is /dev/sda, what device is your root partition?
--
Regards
On 09/01/14 11:32, J. Roeleveld wrote:
On Sunday, August 31, 2014 08:06:46 PM Joseph wrote:
On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
df -h
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G
On 09/01/14 19:42, wraeth wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:51:10 Neil Bothwick wrote:
The ISO image has to be created as a hybrid image for this to work.
I'm pretty sure the Gentoo minimal image is - I've been dd'ing the iso's for
quite a while now, and it's always been a simple case of download,
I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/01/14 19:42, wraeth wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:51:10 Neil Bothwick wrote:
The ISO image has to be created as a hybrid image for this to work.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Christopher Jones
christopher.jones1...@gmail.com wrote:
I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/01/14 19:42, wraeth wrote:
Hi,
On 01/09/14 12:38, Christopher Jones wrote:
I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done.
No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB
stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't
work. I used System Rescue CD then.
Regards,
--
Christian
On 09/01/14 12:41, Christopher Jones wrote:
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Christopher Jones
christopher.jones1...@gmail.com wrote:
I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done.
[snip]
Some ISO images already have the appropriate boot sector; for example,
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:53:37 +0200
Christian Kruse c...@defunct.ch wrote:
No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB
stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't
work. I used System Rescue CD then.
Regards,
I have never used any other method to
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 10:29:22 -0600, Joseph wrote:
fdisk -l install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso
Disk install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso: 190 MiB, 199229440 bytes,
389120 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:12:49 -0600, Joseph wrote:
But if the ISO image is not specially prepared (like Gentoo minimal
ISO's) to be used from a USB drive, you need to copy the .iso file to
the disk as an ordinary file – mount, cp, all that – and install a
bootloader such as Syslinux or lilo or
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:53:37 +0200, Christian Kruse wrote:
I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done.
No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB
stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't
work.
It definitely works here, and fdisk
On 01/09/2014 22:13, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:53:37 +0200, Christian Kruse wrote:
I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done.
No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB
stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't
On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:58:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. You
are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on it?
every single time I've had trouble using dd and unetbootin on a usb
stick it's because I yanked
On Monday 01 Sep 2014 23:03:46 Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:58:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. You
are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on it?
every single time I've had trouble
On 09/01/14 15:50, Will Tomlinson wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:53:37 +0200
Christian Kruse c...@defunct.ch wrote:
No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB
stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't
work. I used System Rescue CD then.
Regards,
I
On 09/01/14 23:03, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:58:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. You
are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on it?
every single time I've had trouble using dd and
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:42:47 -0600, Joseph wrote:
I just tried usb_instal.sh script from systemrescuecd-x86-4.3.0.iso
and my box boots just fine. So why do I have problem using unetbootin
and generating bootable USB manually.
unetbootin uses some $MAGIC that doesn't work with all ISOs.
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:51:29 -0600, Joseph wrote:
It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image.
You are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on
it?
You didn't answer this.
Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install
On 09/02/14 01:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:42:47 -0600, Joseph wrote:
I just tried usb_instal.sh script from systemrescuecd-x86-4.3.0.iso
and my box boots just fine. So why do I have problem using unetbootin
and generating bootable USB manually.
unetbootin uses some $MAGIC
On 09/02/14 01:09, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:51:29 -0600, Joseph wrote:
It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image.
You are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on
it?
You didn't answer this.
Yes, when I writ the image to USB
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 18:29:46 Joseph wrote:
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 issue.
Just to make sure, you don't use UEFI on your host do you? The gentoo minimal
CD
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2014 01:26:05 Joseph wrote:
On 09/02/14 01:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:42:47 -0600, Joseph wrote:
I just tried usb_instal.sh script from systemrescuecd-x86-4.3.0.iso
and my box boots just fine. So why do I have problem using unetbootin
and generating
On 09/02/14 06:36, Mick wrote:
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2014 01:26:05 Joseph wrote:
On 09/02/14 01:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:42:47 -0600, Joseph wrote:
I just tried usb_instal.sh script from systemrescuecd-x86-4.3.0.iso
and my box boots just fine. So why do I have problem using
I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
df -h
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
/dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32
while usb not mounted:
dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
440 bytes (440 B)
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
df -h
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
/dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32
while usb not mounted:
dd
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:55:27 Will Tomlinson wrote:
...
the handbook when you have the minimal install disc, but just about any
Linux live CD will work as long as the architecture matches (chroot
from x86 to amd64, for example, will not work). Anyway, if this is not
what you are trying to do,
On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
df -h
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
/dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32
while usb
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB stick
with 1MB capacity...?
dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
sync
I think the dd will work with
On Friday, August 29, 2014 11:37:37 PM Joseph wrote:
I'm trying to make my 4GB USB bootable and it is not working.
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
...
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/B885-F1ED
fdisk -l
...
DeviceBoot Start End
I think I've missed:
dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda1
On 08/30/14 08:15, J. Roeleveld wrote:
On Friday, August 29, 2014 11:37:37 PM Joseph wrote:
I'm trying to make my 4GB USB bootable and it is not working.
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
...
/dev/sda1
On 30 August 2014 08:32:10 CEST, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
I think I've missed:
dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda1
On 08/30/14 08:15, J. Roeleveld wrote:
On Friday, August 29, 2014 11:37:37 PM Joseph wrote:
I'm trying to make my 4GB USB bootable and it is not working.
df -h
I'm trying to make my 4GB USB bootable and it is not working.
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
...
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/B885-F1ED
fdisk -l
...
DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1064 7864319 3931628 c
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