Re: livcecd-iso-to-disk: USB key do not boot (BIOS setup is fine)

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On Friday 01 August 2008 14:47:38 Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Bruno Costacurta <pubmb.bco@xxxxx> wrote:
> > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> >> Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to build a USB bootable key with file
> >>> 'Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso'
> >>>
> >>> Command is :
> >>> sudo livecd-iso-to disk Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso /dev/sdd1
> >>>
> >>> which runs fine, boot loader included, and reports that USB key is
> >>> ready for use ... however the key is not ignored during boot (the
> >>> sequence continue correctly with following drive in the BIOS boot
> >>> order).
> >>>
> >>> I'm using an Asus eee pc (model 900) which is correctly configured to
> >>> boot via USB key as I tried it with a Debian bootable USB key which
> >>> boots fine.
> >>> I also tried another .iso, (precisely the EEdora dedicated to Asus eee)
> >>> but got same problem.
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> fdisk -l /dev/sdd
> >>>
> >>> Disk /dev/sdd: 1030 MB, 1030750208 bytes
> >>> 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1014 cylinders
> >>> Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes
> >>> Disk identifier: 0xb0bcd68e
> >>>
> >>>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> >>> /dev/sdd1   *           1        1014     1005857    6  FAT16
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> which looks correct.
> >>> So opparently the problem come from livecd command whatever final
> >>> report OK.
> >>> Is there some knwon problem with livecd-iso-to-disk ? I'm using
> >>> Fedora-9. Or can I build a USB key using another as a workaround  ?
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks for attention and any clue.
> >>>
> >>> Bye,
> >>> Bruno
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  You may have to run "syslinux -s /dev/sdd1". I forget where I found
> >>> it,
> >>
> >> but with the version of syslinux included in F8, and probably F9, needs
> >> this before the USB key is recognized as a boot device. The latest
> >> version is susposed to handle this automatically, but it has not make it
> >> to F8 yet.
> >>
> >> Mikkel
> >
> > 'syslinux -s /dev/sdd1' (which runs fine) unfortunately seems not to
> > resolve the problem : the USB key remains non-bootable... :-(
> >
> > Bye,
> > Bruno
>
> The livecd-iso-to-disk script does take care of this for you so I'm not
> surprised.  If there are no errors generated then the USB drive and MB BIOS
> may just not like each other. If you can afford to buy a different brand
> usb memory stick I would try that. I use a 4GB Corsair Flash Voyager stick
> and it works fine in my HP 8510 laptop.
>
> Richard.

Definitely the problem seems to be in the livecd-iso-to-disk, but I have no 
clue about why and how to resolve ...
I confirm boot with this USB key work fine using another distro (precisely the 
eeeDebian one).

Bye,
Bruno

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