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#1 2012-09-16 11:50:58
- myle
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Create usb boot drive
dd does not work for me (ACER Aspire 3810T). The computer freezes while trying to start from the flash drive. unetbootin can't boot wrongly.
What should I do?
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#2 2012-09-16 12:02:03
- DSpider
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Re: Create usb boot drive
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#3 2012-09-16 12:06:39
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Re: Create usb boot drive
The second method gives me a Missing OS error so far. I will try it again.
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#4 2012-09-16 12:10:55
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Re: Create usb boot drive
Which second method? "Without overwriting the USB drive" ?
Note: On some distributions the mbr.bin file may be available as /usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin.
Edit: And make sure that the USB stick is set to boot first in the BIOS ("Removable Dev.", and nr. 1 in the boot order).
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#5 2012-09-16 12:24:53
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Re: Create usb boot drive
It worked.
I guess there should be a warning that if the first method (with dd fails) you should try the second one. They are not equivalent as the wiki implies since the first one creates a non standard partition table.
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#6 2012-09-16 12:28:08
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Re: Create usb boot drive
The "first one" (using dd) works fine. Just make sure that it's not mounted, and that you don't use /dev/sdxY (like it says not to).
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#7 2012-09-16 19:36:30
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Re: Create usb boot drive
I tried it many times and it didn't work.
I have used the "dd" method in other computers and it was fine.
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