Josh Boyer-3 wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:57:45PM -0700, Mike Cloaked wrote: >> >> >>By the way I was following the procedure detailed in >>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Alpha_release_notes >>as a test to see if the new method for creating a liveusb worked or not - >>and it did not for me. >> >>The the alpha release notes it says: >> >>"The following sections document major new features and changes in the >>Fedora 12 Alpha release. >>Hybrid ISO images - Simple and Easy Live USB's >> >>In this release, the Fedora Live CD/DVD images can be converted into a Live >>USB even simpler than before using just the dd command. Please note, that >>unlike using the livecd-iso-to-disk script, this will overwrite the data on >>the USB device. >> >>dd if=foo.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M >> >>Where foo.iso is the name of the Live CD or DVD image and sdX is the name of >>the USB device. Windows users can use the utility available from here >> >>Fedora continues to offer a more comprehensive Live USB creator that >>supports additional features including persistent storage and non >>destructive writing. " >> >>Is this not yet implemented - or should it now work? Has anyone else got >>this to work? > > I ran into this. There is a bug currently where it won't fine the rootfs. > The way to work around this is to edit the kernel command line to have > 'root=/dev/sdX' where X is the number of the USB key. > > Alternatively, you can use livecd-iso-to-disk on a FAT formatted USB key. > There is a known bug using an ext2/3 formatted key, but FAT works fine. > > josh > > Indeed - my experience confirms this - as when I reformatted the key I did so to fat32, and then used unetbootin to place the files in this partition. The dd method did create an ext2 partition on the key I believe. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fedora-12-Alpha-RC1---live-iso-would-not-boot-properly-as-liveusb-tp25013702p25026528.html Sent from the Fedora Test List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
