On 12/31/2010 10:45 PM, Zoltan Hoppar wrote: > Hi, > > You have to wipe it the complete USB key again. When the process has > fails, and finds some fragments - this is the result. Sometimes > happens. > > Cheers, > > Z > 2011/1/1 JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Using liveusbcreator to dump a linux (not of any distro) iso image onto >> a 256GiB flash drive (Made by Kensignton). >> >> After selecting the linux ISO image, and setting the >> value of the persistent storage, I click Create Live USB. >> I get this error message: >> >> Unknown filesystem. Your device may need to be reformatted. >> >> >> The usb flash drive has partition 1 as a fat32 filesystem. It was >> rejected by liveusbcreator with same error message as above. >> >> So, I formatted it as a Ext3 filesystem. Got the same error message. >> >> >> Next I tried >> /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk cd100627.iso /dev/sdc >> >> Verifying image... >> /sdb4/Download/OfflineNTpassword/BootCD/cd100627.iso: Could not get pvd data >> Unable to read the disc checksum from the primary volume descriptor. >> This probably means the disc was created without adding the checksum.Are >> you SURE you want to continue? >> Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort >> I press enter, and it exits without creating the bootable usb. >> >> So, I tried to use windows and follow the iso creator's instructions to >> transfer the iso to flash disk. My winxp-sp3 does not recognize the >> drive. And when I try to format the drive, windows says it was not >> able to format the drive. >> >> It is indeed strange that I can format it under Linux, and mount it >> and use it the ordinary way. But I cannot transfer the iso image to it. >> >> Any ideas what to do next? >> >> Thanx for your help. >> >> >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> I assume that by "wipe it" you mean that I should run the /usr/bin/wipe utility on it? I thought mkfs cleans it up sufficiently so that it is recognized as fat partition or an ext2 partition. Nevertheless, I will try your suggestion. Cheers, JD -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
