I just thought that I could use the ATVUsb-creator on the CF itself, isn't it?
On Apr 15, 10:51 pm, Etienne <etienne.quessela...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Scott, > > Thanks for coming back. > > So here's my setup: > - CF drive as a replacement for the stock HDD > - Hardy installation (no ATV OS anymore) > > As described in the wiki, I used a USB stick with ATV bootloader on it > (created with ATVusb-creator) to install everything. > > But once installation is done, (XBMC is installed and working), if I > remove the USB stick from the ATV I am just unable to start the unit. > As I described above, all I get is the ATV picture with a question > mark flashing over it. > > I was wondering as well about the CF. I know it has always been a big > question mark, some cards boot, some don't, but I don't really have a > clue how I could make sure it comes from my CF card. The guy I quoted > in my first message had the exact same problem as me and solved it by > installing through a USB CD reader - he couldn't make it using the > stick only. > > I will soon be able to test with another small PATA SSD though. > > Do we need to touch the Linux grub after the installation ? > > Cheers! > > On Apr 15, 10:34 pm, "Scott D. Davilla" <davi...@4pi.com> wrote: > > > > > >I have one problem, though. > > > >I revive this thread here: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader/browse_thread/thread/c8... > > > >as I cannot also get rid of the USB stick to boot in Linux. If I > > >remove the stick, I have a black screen for several seconds and then > > >an ATV with a flashing question mark above appears. > > > >I have really the exact same problem. I followed the wiki but I have > > >absolutely no clue of what I may have missed. > > > >To sum up: > > >- I have the same partition table (though I replaced the 40GB stock HD > > >by a 4GB CF-adapter). > > >- The flags are correctly set (boot on sda1 & atvrecv on sda2) - no > > >boot flag on the Linux partition though > > >- I have copied the files from the downloaded atv-bootloader archive > > >(with -arp) to sda2 and sda3 (recovery and osboot) > > >- I have cp -ap the boot.efi from the stock HD > > >- I have udpated the MBR > > > might be a problem booting from a CF drive. Not sure what you are > > doing as you mention both CF and USB Flash drive in your post. -- To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
