On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Peter Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello list, > > I'm trying to install Gentoo on a new eee-pc but falling at the first > hurdle. I've followed the instructions on making a boot USB stick in > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml but the machine doesn't recognise > the stick at boot time. It's a 4GB stick so I made a FAT-32 partition > occupying the whole space, using mkdosfs, then copied the contents of > install-x86-minimal-20090915.iso following the instructions. I did all the > things I was told to, but at the next boot the BIOS calls the stick merely > a "removable device", not a USB disk, and then it doesn't boot from it. > > A basic thing to check - make sure your BIOS is set to boot the removable device before the internal HDD - you have to do this with the USB stick inserted, and (if the 1000H is anything like the 900A), it will revert to internal HDD first any time you boot w/o the USB stick inserted. Oh, and "removable device" is fine - the BIOS doesn't have the smarts to know if it's a USB stick, an external USB HDD, an SD card through a USB adapter, or ??? HTH -James > Can anyone tell me if that web page is up to date and complete? I notice it > doesn't say to make the _stick_ bootable, only the partition on it. > > TIA. > > -- > Rgds > Peter > >
