in my experience, 9 out of 10 times 'unable to use USB stick for booting' is just partition layout (partition not starting on 4MB interval or wrong type/flags)
On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 12:34 PM, <wirelessd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 14 Apr 2018, at 18:37, Florian Zieboll <f.zieb...@web.de> wrote: > > > > Am 14. April 2018 02:34:16 MESZ schrieb Vernon Geiszler < > vernon.geisz...@gmail.com>: > >> > >> The jessie stick does boot. It just won't retieve the binary-amd64 > >> package. The ascii stick shows no operating system. It seems the > >> auto run is not working. I just tried it on the tower I just > >> installed using the jessie stick and got no response. It seems the > >> auto run is not working. > > > > > > Hallo Vernon, > > > > did you verify the integrity of the stick? In doubt, I'd checksum the > iso and create a new boot stick. > > > > There are also a lot cheap USB sticks around, which anonce a higher > capacity than they actually have. The OS does not recognize this on write. > > > > IIRC the installer has an option to verify its integrity, too. > > > > Libre Grüße, > > > > Florian > > I’ve also found that too. Cheap USB sticks that work fine for file storage > but have problems when trying to boot from the drive. > > Trying again with the same .iso on a better quality USB stick would work > fine. > > —Tom > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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