Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/02/2023 05:22 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: You don't create the checksum file.  There's a link to download it. Aha! So there is. Thanx for pointing that out to me. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/2/23 15:06, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/02/2023 03:25 PM, Mike Wright wrote: If you execute md5sum file.iso you should get a match to that string. Of course you'd use whatever sum checker that matches.  There are many, such as sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum, sha512sum, md5sum, etc. The

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/02/2023 03:25 PM, Mike Wright wrote: If you execute md5sum file.iso you should get a match to that string. Of course you'd use whatever sum checker that matches.  There are many, such as sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum, sha512sum, md5sum, etc. The instructions have you creating and

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2023-10-02 at 10:27 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/02/2023 04:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I think most people would see that as an install. You aren't > > keeping > > anything from the old system other than /home. I've done this more > > than > > once without losing /home (as

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Mike Wright
On 10/2/23 13:43, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/02/2023 03:17 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote:   Di you checksum the iso? Also, try using a rocky/ubuntu .iso to see if the problem is in your USB drive or image. I downloaded a new copy and tried to verify it but was unable to because some of the options

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/02/2023 03:17 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: Di you checksum the iso? Also, try using a rocky/ubuntu .iso to see if the problem is in your USB drive or image. I downloaded a new copy and tried to verify it but was unable to because some of the options needed by the commands weren't

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/02/2023 04:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I think most people would see that as an install. You aren't keeping anything from the old system other than /home. I've done this more than once without losing /home (as it's on a separate partition) and always regarded it as a fresh install.

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/02/2023 02:47 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Do you have another USB drive you can try? I think I'm going to download a new copy first, as I think I remember having trouble verifying it. Using a different drive will be next. ___ users mailing list

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2023-10-01 at 18:14 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/01/2023 05:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > > > > That would be considered an install, not an upgrade in the usual > > understanding of those concepts.  I had the same question when > > reading that. > > I'm looking at it as an

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 8:10 PM Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 10/01/2023 05:30 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > > Which iso image is this? Since you've renamed it, there's no indication > > of what it is. > > I didn't rename it, that's the generic name used in the example I was > given. The .iso I'm

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/1/23 17:10, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/01/2023 05:30 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Which iso image is this?  Since you've renamed it, there's no indication of what it is. I didn't rename it, that's the generic name used in the example I was given.  The .iso I'm using is

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 05:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: That would be considered an install, not an upgrade in the usual understanding of those concepts.  I had the same question when reading that. I'm looking at it as an upgrade, because /home will be preserved, but YMMV and clearly does in this

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 05:30 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I don't know why it's not working for you, unless there's something funny with your BIOS.  Have you tried both UEFI and legacy modes? I created a boot drive using dd with the Workstation image and it worked fine on everything I've tried, including

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 05:30 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Which iso image is this?  Since you've renamed it, there's no indication of what it is. I didn't rename it, that's the generic name used in the example I was given. The .iso I'm using is Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-38-1.6.iso

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/1/23 16:04, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/01/2023 04:52 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: I'm not sure I understand: You don't try an install with the LiveUSB but instead try to upgrade from F25 to F38 ... ? My laptop's hard drive died, and I need to install Fedora on it.  Then, I'll use the flash

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/1/23 15:46, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/01/2023 04:38 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I don't know what the context is here, but are you sure you're booting from the USB?  If there's grub installed on the internal hard drive, but missing partitions or something, then you'll get that. The laptop has

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 04:52 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: I'm not sure I understand: You don't try an install with the LiveUSB but instead try to upgrade from F25 to F38 ... ? My laptop's hard drive died, and I need to install Fedora on it. Then, I'll use the flash drive to install F38 on my

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 04:32:03PM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/01/2023 04:21 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: 8M should be fine, according to https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-and-using-a-live-installation-image/index.html#_using_a_direct_write_method I'm using F25, and

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 04:38 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I don't know what the context is here, but are you sure you're booting from the USB?  If there's grub installed on the internal hard drive, but missing partitions or something, then you'll get that. The laptop has a new drive, unformatted and I'm

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 04:23:54PM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/01/2023 04:21 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: 8M should be fine, according to https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-and-using-a-live-installation-image/index.html#_using_a_direct_write_method Is there any reason

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/1/23 12:39, Joe Zeff wrote: Recently, I had trouble creating a LiveUSB and asked for help here.  I was given instructions on how to create it using dd, and followed them after correcting a slight error in the instructions.  Now, I've finally got my laptop back, and tried to use the flash

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 04:21 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: 8M should be fine, according to https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-and-using-a-live-installation-image/index.html#_using_a_direct_write_method I'm using F25, and hope to use the drive to upgrade my desktop after I've

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 04:21 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: 8M should be fine, according to https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-and-using-a-live-installation-image/index.html#_using_a_direct_write_method Is there any reason to think that using 1M caused the issue I'm seeing? If

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Did you enter the BIOS/UEFI boot menu and start the LiveUSB from there? On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 01:39:47PM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: Recently, I had trouble creating a LiveUSB and asked for help here. I was given instructions on how to create it using dd, and followed them after correcting a

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2023 04:03 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: To use dd, you have to unmount the drive, did you do that? We need more information on the laptop to help. I'm almost certain that I unmounted the drive. I think I remember having it fail if the drive were mounted. And, before I posted on the

Re: LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun Oct01'23 01:39:47PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > From: Joe Zeff > Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 13:39:47 -0600 > To: Fedora > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: LiveUSB doesn't boot > > Recently, I had trouble creating a LiveUSB and asked for help here. I was

LiveUSB doesn't boot

2023-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
Recently, I had trouble creating a LiveUSB and asked for help here. I was given instructions on how to create it using dd, and followed them after correcting a slight error in the instructions. Now, I've finally got my laptop back, and tried to use the flash drive. All that happens is a