boot update?

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

I have a cherried out Live USB I use at customer sites.  It gives
me a bad time booting on some systems, especially ones with Supermicro
motherboards.  HP always boots.

Is there a way I can update the boot portion on the stick with
the latest utilities to see if that helps?  Or, do I have to wipe
and start over?

And, to do a back up in case things go wrong, can I use "dd"
to backup and restore?

Many thanks,
-T

[Locane]

Hey Todd.  My name is Michael, and I have a lot of experience dealing with
Supermicro hardware and the LiveCD as a combination.  I'm not an authority
on LiveCD creation or maintenance, but I do have some tricks.  What's the
specific error you're getting?

I've used DD to copy a livecd to a USB stick many times, so I would say
it's probably fine to back it up that way.  You may want to test it on a
clean separate USB stick first.

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:56 PM, ToddAndMargo  wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a cherried out Live USB I use at customer sites.  It gives
> me a bad time booting on some systems, especially ones with Supermicro
> motherboards.  HP always boots.
>
> Is there a way I can update the boot portion on the stick with
> the latest utilities to see if that helps?  Or, do I have to wipe
> and start over?
>
> And, to do a back up in case things go wrong, can I use "dd"
> to backup and restore?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
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Supermicro problems

[ToddAndMargo]

On 05/08/2015 03:04 PM, Locane wrote:
> Hey Todd.  My name is Michael, and I have a lot of experience dealing
> with Supermicro hardware and the LiveCD as a combination.  I'm not an
> authority on LiveCD creation or maintenance, but I do have some tricks.
> What's the specific error you're getting?
>
> I've used DD to copy a livecd to a USB stick many times, so I would say
> it's probably fine to back it up that way.  You may want to test it on a
> clean separate USB stick first.

Hi Michael,

I am a system builder.  I almost exclusively use Supermicro
motherboards.

What typically happens is that I get the boot countdown screen,
then I get a flashing cursor in the upper right.

I have been through this with Supermicro several times.  They
have come up with a new bios that will work, but you must
have Legacy USB support enabled. Last I asked, they were
still working on it.

And, I will not upgrade a BIOS on a working system -- only
on a new system with nothing installed on it.  I have had
too many motherboards get hosed by upgrading BIOS'es.

I think the big problem here is that Supermicro Support
does not have any Linux test stations.  And, they do not
want me to send them a test stick.  (I presume because
they think I will send them an infection.  Which makes
no sense.  Just unplug your SATA connectors from your
hard drives before boot off a foreign stick.)

Of interest, I have a DOS 6.22 Live USB disk that I use
to upgrade BIOS'es with.  It boots off of anything and
everything.

-T

[ToddAndMargo]

On 05/08/2015 03:04 PM, Locane wrote:
> I've used DD to copy a livecd to a USB stick many times

Verified.  dd worked.  Thank you!