Mike Cloaked wrote: > > > 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. > I had my fdisk -l output from when I looked at the key before reformatting it and the info was: Disk /dev/sdb: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3830 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Disk identifier: 0xc8874664 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 703 719872 83 Linux So from memory I think type 83 is ext3? In that case it is not ideal to have a journalled filesystem on the usbkey so the dd method is not my filesystem preference, and I am now happier with a fat32 partition (for memory wear reasons) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fedora-12-Alpha-RC1---live-iso-would-not-boot-properly-as-liveusb-tp25013702p25026657.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