On 8 March 2010 16:58, T. Horsnell <tsh(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
dexter wrote:
> On 8 March 2010 10:35, T. Horsnell <tsh(a)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