> > 1. Another issue with install and GPT (Scott Robbins) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:52:55 -0400 > From: Scott Robbins <scottro@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Another issue with install and GPT > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <20110917115255.GA7545@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > I accidentally sent this through a different address, so I think it's > just going to come back to me. If it turns out to be a double post, > please forgive me. > > > > I'm not sure if this is a bug, or a one time fluke. I don't have time > or hardware to do several test installs, but perhaps someone else has > experienced it. > > What happened: I used unetbootin (yes, I know it's not supported, but I > believe dd-ing an image to USB is supported, and might have the same > result.) > > I installed. I was not notified of a problem with not having a small > BIOS partition and thought the machine might have EFI support. > > After installation, I was unable to boot. (This was at work, while > doing several things, and didn't write down the error.) Having seen > some bugs having to do with SELinux, also tried to boot with enforce=0 > but no luck. > > A-) Try using dd directly: > # dd if=Fedora-16-Beta-RC1-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdg bs=2M > 132+0 records in > 132+0 records out > 276824064 bytes (277 MB) copied, 28.6564 s, 9.7 MB/s The resulting USB Boots anaconda fine (just tested it on ACER ASPIRE ONE N450) used it to write to /dev/sdb (2nd target USB) graphical desktop/customize now /sugar-desktop only installing now.... B-) Here are 2 methods that work for me on f15-f16 live isos: 1-)Booted CD: use diskutility on live CD or gparted to erase USB (/dev/sdb?) then format as ext4 use "liveinst" to USB custom:/ ext4 no swap (2x time as large USB req - swap is a bad use on a USB) 2_)For fedora liveusb-creator use terminal: "liveusb-creator --reset-mbr" choose .iso; set persistence size. ( use gparted fat formatted USB here) Have fun.... Tom Gilliard satellit_ on #sugar freenode IRC > I then reinstalled, this time making a 1 or 2 MB BIOS partition, It > installed with problem. > > What I think might have happened: > > When I got to partitioning, the USB stick was shown as /dev/sdb. It had > the EFI partition on it, put there, I imagine, when Unetbootin installed > the netinstall.iso that I used. Therefore, Anaconda saw that there was > a BIOS partition and didn't give a warning. > > If this is the case, IMHO, it should just be pointed out in the release > notes. Ideally, Anaconda would figure it out and point it out, but I > imagine that would be a lot of work, and it's late, and certainly not, > again IMHO, a blocker. > > I reiterate, I don't know if that is what happened, it's just what I > think happened, and perhaps there was some other thing that I missed > that caused the first install to not boot. Perhaps someone could test > this--install, from a USB onto a drive with no BIOS boot partition (and > no builtin EFI support), see if such a partition is shown on the USB > stick and see if, after installation, it boots. > -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
