I want to install F8 from a 1GB pen drive but dd does not work, although I can mount it. dd shows it worked: # dd if=/home/cpn/Desktop/Downloads/diskboot.img of=/dev/sdb1 24576+0 records in 24576+0 records out 12582912 bytes (13 MB) copied, 0.307408 s, 40.9 MB/s But there is nothing in the directory: [root@dkt ~]# ll /media/KINGSTON/ total 0 fdisk -l shows strange messages: # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 158816 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 203 102280+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 204 158816 79940952 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/sdb: 1027 MB, 1027604480 bytes 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 ? 966294 1813487 840415161 69 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(612, 109, 33) logical=(966293, 30, 10) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(255, 97, 46) logical=(1813486, 20, 39) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 ? 976282 1834012 850868148+ ff BBT Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(367, 115, 35) logical=(976281, 15, 17) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(80, 13, 10) logical=(1834011, 14, 55) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb3 ? 891259 1782449 884061367 6c Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(355, 116, 37) logical=(891258, 2, 52) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(112, 97, 32) logical=(1782448, 31, 27) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb4 ? 1 1790834 1776506368 0 Empty Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(10, 114, 13) logical=(0, 0, 1) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(1790833, 1, 2) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order When I try to enter fdisk the device can't be opened: # fdisk sdb Unable to open sdb # ll /dev/sdb1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12582912 2007-11-15 17:56 /dev/sdb1 Any workaround? Regards, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list