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 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.
It is my observation with many (if not all) of my systems that the USB stick was in fact not considered a USB device but an HDD. So to boot from a stick, instead of changing the boot order to USB → HDD → CD-Rom → whatever I had to put HDD at the top and then – within the HDD selection – move the USB stick above the internal HDD. But then again, those were mostly laptops, whose BIOSes always seemed very crippled to me. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook service. “An itching nose must be scratched.” … Kosh (Star Wreck)
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