Re: [Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[adel]

The T400 let me boot Trisquel from my USB-port CD/DVD drive.  The problem  
really must be the flash memory itself and not the USB port.


Maybe Think Penguin or some other company would sell compatible USB memory  
cards once there are enough Libreboot and Coreboot computers out there to  
create demand.

Re: [Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[adel]

Does it concern anyone else that libre computers (or at least, liberated  
T400s) seem sterile?  I installed trisquel to my Thinkpad T400 harddrive ...  
by putting this harddrive in my Think Penguin laptop computer.  The Think  
Penguin computer has a proprietary American Megatrends BIOS.

Re: [Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[adel]

XD

Thanks MB!!

Re: [Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[adel]

Thanks aloniv!

I have the following difficulty with the recommended process; I'll keep  
trying though:


muhammed@muhammed-ThinkPad-T400:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
sda8:00 149.1G  0 disk
├─sda1 8:1014G  0 part  /
├─sda2 8:20 1K  0 part
└─sda5 8:50 135.1G  0 part
  └─sda5_crypt (dm-0)252:00 135.1G  0 crypt
├─trisquel--vg-swap_1 (dm-1) 252:10   5.5G  0 lvm
└─trisquel--vg-home (dm-2)   252:20 129.5G  0 lvm   /home
sdb8:16   1  29.8G  0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17   1  29.8G  0 part   
/media/adel/Lexar1

sr0   11:01  1024M  0 rom
muhammed@muhammed-ThinkPad-T400:~$ sudo unmount /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for adel:
sudo: unmount: command not found

Re: [Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[adel]

Oh this is frustrating!!

How about if I burn a live DVD instead?  Would a USB DVD drive work more  
easily?

Re: [Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[alonivtsan]

Did you try this?

https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[xliang9550]

Seems like compatibility issue with the USB storage media. I tried many  
portable HDDs, flash disks and card readers on coreboot, and found only a  
small portion of such devices work with coreboot. Maybe you can invite your  
friends to try their USB storage devices and see which can be recognized by  
libreboot and then buy the proven working models?


Note: this compatibility issue was quite common when USB 3.x was initially  
introduced. I wanted to create a USB 3.0 live disk, but only succeeded in  
booting from it after a long trial and error process. Many of the USB storage  
media I tested weren't recognized by BIOS, or even caused the POST fail.

[Trisquel-users] boot-up USB memory card not working ...

[adel]

Hi,

I have a librebooted Thinkpad T400 laptop computer and I can't seem to get it  
to boot from USB memory.  I've tried to run and install a fresh OS on this  
computer a few times over the two years or so that I've had it.  I have  
probably tried creating those USB drives on both Windows and Trisquel Mini  
over the course of that time so I think that the problem (?) might be with my  
computer or my actions rather than my bootable Trisquel USB memory card.


Help!

M