On Saturday, 28 April 2018 15:49:23 UTC+10, @LeeteqXV wrote: > > > How are you making the boot device? > > 1. Whenever there is a problem getting for example a USB stick to boot/behave > as a Read-Only boot device from an ISO file, I use either Unetbootin or the > Linux dd command line tool to make the USB stick into a bootable Read-Only > ISO device. That normally works. > > 2. Sometimes the safest bet is also to use BIOS Legacy Mode (disable the BIOS > secure boot function + enable the BIOS CSM legacy mode). > > 3. If an otherwise properly made USB stick still does not boot, there are > also some BIOS systems that oddly places the recognised USB stick "inside" > the list of bootable Hard Drives. Read: AS a Hard Drive, as if you now have > more than your normal 1+ HDDs... > In those cases, you need to enter into the hard drive menu option, change the > order so that the USB stick is the first, and then go back and also place it > before the hard drive in the main Boot order menu (in these cases there are 2 > places to do this, and you must place it first in both those lists...) > > 4. Then there is the not-too-rare situation where a particular > system/computer is incompatible with a particular USB stick, so it does not > boot it even if another computer does. Change to another USB stick model/make > and try that one. > > 5. And in some cases, it still fails even if all has been done properly, and > all pieces are technically ready, IF you exit the BIOS when saving the last > changes with the normal direct "exit-and-save-and-reboot" option. Sometimes > you actually have to then power off completely right after it has rebooted > (as long as the BIOS changes are actually saved), remove and re-insert the > USB stick and then power the computer back on. Strange, but that also happens. > > (And add to any possible confusion that yet again some systems seems to alter > the boot order (or have forgotten your saved changes) when you get back into > the BIOS after having physically removed the USB key, or tried to > boot/replace it with another USB key. Sometimes that is only an unsaved > suggestion that happens when you re-enter the BIOS. Your saved order might > still actually be in place as long as you boot from that particular USB stick > you used when saving the BIOS changes the last time.) > > -- > Regards, > Teqleez
Thanks for the details, good to know for using USB. But it's an ISO, not a USB Image that I am using. As I stated I am using Legacy. You should put the information you posted here somewhere that it relates to though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/48e90694-ecb9-477f-856b-a56977de1d39%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
