On 8 March 2010 16:58, T. Horsnell tsh@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk wrote:
dexter wrote:
On 8 March 2010 10:35, T. Horsnell tsh@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk wrote:
Hi all, I'm trying to make a USB version of the FC12 livecd. I follow the instructions at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo
and type (as root):
# livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdc1
but the resulting USB stick just gives me 'Boot Error' when I boot it.
If I use the dd method:
# dd if=Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=8M
it boots correctly. I ultimately want a persistent-storage area so the dd solution is no good for me.
Any ideas?
try liveusb-creator then bugzilla :-)
...dex
Well, I've so far tried all the suggestions (except bugzilla), and *nothing* works. I must be doing something wrong.
On my FC9 with livecd-tools-0.17.3-1.fc9
FC9 why didnt you say :-) its definetly not going to work on FC9 you need to upgrade syslinux I have syslinux-3.75-2.dex.fc9.i686 self built & livecd-tools-017.2-1.fc9.i386 I havent tried building a respin on FC9 lately because of the rpm & squashfs changes around FC11 but I can still write useable FC12.iso usb-sticks from FC9 due to the syslinux upgrade.
Ive tried: livecd-iso-to-disk Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdc1
this should have worked? Sorry I cant see what your doing wrong from here so if you downloaded the iso check the checksum again and give your stick a good look to. (bootable,vfat,ext3/4,etc)
livecd-iso-to-disk Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdc (required mkdosfs -I and mkfs.vfat -I)
This is wrong in my book its always the partition and not the whole disk i.e sdc1
liveusb-creator Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso and, thinking it might be a subtle difference in the iso structure, I tried the same commands with Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso
They all failed with a 'Boot error'.
I then moved to my newly installed and updated FC12 system, with livecd-tools-031-1.fc12.1 and tried: livecd-iso-to-disk Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdb1 livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdb1 livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdb liveusb-creator Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso
These also failed in the same way.
The only thing that works is 'dd if=Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M' and if it wasnt for this I would think either my memsticks or my bios were faulty.
Well if thats the case the stick & iso & bios are good?? ignore what I said earlier reguarding checking.
...dex