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 <[email protected]> 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.
--
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.
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 similar?
it could be that you have usb cdrom selected as primary boot device, ide
disk as secondary and then "other removables" after this.
please confirm your bios boot orders
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.
--
Joseph
