I know it's only been minutes... I'm able to boot up fine now, keyboard works right up until it gets to the blue installer screen, then the usb keyboard goes dead... do you know 'tip' for that one?
John R On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 1:51 PM John Reynolds <reynold...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lonnie, > > First, thank you for the quick response. Secondly, and again, thank you > for the script and for the 'tip'. I hate it when I read the instructions, > and somehow miss the very item that would be of most help. I'm sorted > out... for now. > > Thank you for your commitment to this project, I've been happily using it > for years. > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 1:39 PM Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> > On Nov 16, 2018, at 2:46 PM, John Reynolds <reynold...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I used the 'os-x-cf-write' script from Lonnie to write the 1.3.4 iso to >> my usb, but when I try and boot from it (Qotom Q550) nothing happens. >> Viewing the USB on Mac, I see the folders 'os', 'runnix', and 'isolinux' >> with a text file that contains release notes. >> > >> > It doesn't seem like that made the USB bootable... clearly I'm missing >> something. Any help would be appreciated. >> > >> > John R. >> >> Hi John, >> >> My guess is the Qotom Q550 BIOS does not default to prefer USB booting, >> the internal SATA has priority. I have a "Qotom Q530G6" and in the docs: >> https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:board_qotom_q530g6 >> -- >> Tip → If you need to choose the boot drive, for example when booting the >> ISO Installer via a USB drive, on startup (quickly) press the F11 key. >> -- >> I seem to recall that worked. >> >> To further test, I download the 1.3.4 ISO (Generic x86-64bit (Serial >> Console): since I tested on an PC Engines APU2), used 'os-x-cf-write' to >> install it on a SanDisk USB drive, powered down and then booted with the >> USB drive installed ... it immediately booted off the ISO USB drive as I >> know the APU2 prefers USB by default. >> >> Lonnie >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> pay...@krisk.org. > >
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