Re: 1TB USB HD doesn't boot

2010-03-04 Thread Kai Hauser
> Was the 1TB hard drive mounted when tried to dd the image to it? If so, > that can toast your attempt at copying the data. Many Debian installation > using X windows will automatically mount a USB device once it is plugged > in. I have been screwed up like that a couple times. You are absolu

Re: 1TB USB HD doesn't boot

2010-03-04 Thread Romeo Theriault
> > first dd if=debian-live-503-i386-rescue.img of=/dev/sdb > then I created a extended partition with logical partition with fdisk > then mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda5 > > My first thoughts why it doesn't boot was the extra partition I made, so I > tried it again without the extra partitions. > But the resu

Re: 1TB USB HD doesn't boot

2010-03-04 Thread Kai Hauser
> >> I have a 1TB external USB-HD and would like to have debian rescue as boot >> partition and the rest as ext3 partition. >> I can't boot from the USB-HD. > > how did you put the image to the disk, first dd'ing the image, and then > creating the second partition? > first dd if=debian-live

Re: 1TB USB HD doesn't boot

2010-03-04 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 03/04/2010 12:36 PM, Kai Hauser wrote: I have a 1TB external USB-HD and would like to have debian rescue as boot partition and the rest as ext3 partition. I can't boot from the USB-HD. how did you put the image to the disk, first dd'ing the image, and then creating the second partition?

Re: 1TB USB HD doesn't boot

2010-03-04 Thread Kai Hauser
I enter the boot menu from Bios and select the removable device which appears when usb hd is plugged in. Then a black screen with blinking cursor comes, thats all. With my usb flash stick the debian boot menu appears immediately. I walked through bios settings up and down and tried several settin

Re: 1TB USB HD doesn't boot

2010-03-04 Thread Romeo Theriault
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 20:36, Kai Hauser wrote: > I have a 1TB external USB-HD and would like to have debian rescue as boot > partition and the rest as ext3 partition. > I can't boot from the USB-HD. I tried the same image with my 4GB USB > FlashStick and it worked. > Can anyone give me a hint ho

1TB USB HD doesn't boot

2010-03-04 Thread Kai Hauser
I have a 1TB external USB-HD and would like to have debian rescue as boot partition and the rest as ext3 partition. I can't boot from the USB-HD. I tried the same image with my 4GB USB FlashStick and it worked. Can anyone give me a hint how to get the usb-hd booting? cheers Kai -- To UNSUBSCRI