On 06/26/2018 11:43 AM, Go Canes wrote: > Update.... > > I was able to create a working "portable" USB disk by installing on > the *internal* disk, and then dd'ing it over to the USB disk (and > zero-ing the internal disk to make sure it didn't boot from there). > However, a 2nd older system still does not see the USB disk as a boot > device. I'm thinking this might be because anaconda is creating the > partition table as GPT, and the older system might not understand it? > As a test, I am trying again with a 2nd disk with a DOS partition > table. Not all systems are capable of booting USB devices. It depends on the age of your BIOS and the hardware. Get into your BIOS' boot selection section and verify you can, indeed, select USB devices there. > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 10:11 AM, ja <ja@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, 2018-06-25 at 10:04 -0400, Go Canes wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan >>> <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 2018-06-25 at 08:47 -0400, Go Canes wrote: >>>>> But then >>>>> when I go to boot the external drive, it immediately displays >>>>> "Operation System not found" - Note that is is "Operation", *not* >>>>> "Operating". >>>> >>>> That could be a message from your BIOS, which would imply it's not >>>> finding even the first stage boot block. Check BIOS settings. >>> >>> I get a single bit of disk activity when I try to boot off the >>> external drive, so it is at least *trying* to find the 1st stage boot >>> block. While I am obviously not 100% certain, my thinking is that >>> something isn't quite right with the grub config. >>> >>> Let me see if I can't take a peek at the 1st sector and see what is in there.---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Politicians are the opposite of pickpockets because you never see - - them take their hand out of your pocket. - - -- Larry Fine - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/HZI2FESY5ATCLZQANGJPD76EZ55RSCHO/
