On 02/09/14 15:10, Joseph wrote: > On 09/02/14 14:38, thegeezer wrote: >> On 02/09/14 14:10, Joseph wrote: >>> On 09/02/14 10:56, Mick wrote: >>>> On 2 September 2014 09:00, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>>>>>>> /dev/sdb1 * 0 389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get >>>>>>> this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>>>>>> /dev/sde1 * 1 3915775 1957887+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mine is FAT32 where yours is NTFS. Could that difference cause >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> problem? >>>>>> No, it's just fdisk trying to guess the type of a filesystem that >>>>>> isn't >>>>>> actually there. I've just run it over 7 distro ISOs and got "Hidden >>>>>> HPFS/NTFS" for 5 of them. >>>>> >>>>> Well, it seems everyone is grasping at straws. So far, that is the >>>>> only >>>>> difference I have seen. It's a head scratcher for sure. >>>>> >>>>> Dale >>>> >>>> There's some more straws to grasp, namely the partition table that the >>>> OP created with fdisk, as well as the first partition on it: >>>> >>>> Assuming the USB is still on /dev/sdb, then use fdisk to delete >>>> partition /dev/sdb1. >>>> >>>> Then manually delete the USB DOS partition table: >>>> >>>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1 >>>> >>>> >>>> Finally, reinstall the iso once more without creating any partitions >>>> manually: >>>> >>>> dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso >>>> of=/dev/sdb >>>> >>>> sync >>>> >>>> NOTE: Make sure that /dev/sdb is indeed your USB stick or you'll >>>> cause damage >>>> to whatever is on /dev/sdb. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Mick >>> >>> I just did as you suggested dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1 >>> dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso >>> of=/dev/sdb >>> sync >>> >>> make no difference, the USB still will not boot. >> What actually happens when you try to boot ? >> do you get any messages? >> some bios will require you to specify usb boot device type of cdrom or >> hard disk >> do you have a press F11 for boot choices menu or similar? >> it could be that you have usb cdrom selected as primary boot device, ide >> disk as secondary and then "other removables" after this. >> please confirm your bios boot orders >> > > Booting sequence is USB and HD. If I will not insert bootable USB it > will boot from HD > It works, as the bootable USB I created with Systemrescue CD script it > worked. When I plug in the USB stick it boots from it. > However, there is a difference between USB-CDROM and USB-HDD and USB-FDD each of these is a different type of device. which is set in your BIOS ? the systemrescue-cd must be a version that your bios recognises, if your bios doesn't like USB-HDD boot then that is most likely the issue you have.
have you tried installing grub2 and doing a direct iso boot ? the gentoo minimal install cd support doing this for a long time now, and is my preferred route as you can load on the iso images and just change the grub conf menus
