Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to build a USB bootable key with file
> 'Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso'
>
> Command is :
> sudo livecd-iso-to disk Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso /dev/sdd1
>
> which runs fine, boot loader included, and reports that USB key is
> ready for use ... however the key is not ignored during boot (the
> sequence continue correctly with following drive in the BIOS boot
> order).
>
> I'm using an Asus eee pc (model 900) which is correctly configured to
> boot via USB key as I tried it with a Debian bootable USB key which
> boots fine.
> I also tried another .iso, (precisely the EEdora dedicated to Asus
> eee) but got same problem.
>
> ---
> fdisk -l /dev/sdd
>
> Disk /dev/sdd: 1030 MB, 1030750208 bytes
> 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1014 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0xb0bcd68e
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdd1 * 1 1014 1005857 6 FAT16
> ---
>
> which looks correct.
> So opparently the problem come from livecd command whatever final
> report OK.
> Is there some knwon problem with livecd-iso-to-disk ? I'm using
> Fedora-9.
> Or can I build a USB key using another as a workaround ?
>
> Many thanks for attention and any clue.
>
> Bye,
> Bruno
>
>
You may have to run "syslinux -s /dev/sdd1". I forget where I found
it, but with the version of syslinux included in F8, and probably F9,
needs this before the USB key is recognized as a boot device. The
latest version is susposed to handle this automatically, but it has
not make it to F8 yet.
Mikkel
'syslinux -s /dev/sdd1' (which runs fine) unfortunately seems not to
resolve the problem : the USB key remains non-bootable... :-(
Bye,
Bruno