Hi, I just released Fusion Linux 14 Beta (http://fusionlinux.org/downloads/), I can start image both in qemu-kvm and VirtualBox as livedvd but after transfering image to usb stick with liveusb-creator image doesn't even start to load.
Has anybody tried booting Fedora 14 livecd as liveusb? Does it work for you?
I'm interested what issue is causing this, any help is more than appreciated.
Cheers, Valent.
Valent,
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I just released Fusion Linux 14 Beta (http://fusionlinux.org/downloads/), I can start image both in qemu-kvm and VirtualBox as livedvd but after transfering image to usb stick with liveusb-creator image doesn't even start to load.
Has anybody tried booting Fedora 14 livecd as liveusb? Does it work for you?
I'm interested what issue is causing this, any help is more than appreciated.
I frequently convert all of my builds from Fedora 14 to LiveUSB and they work fine for me. Some machines do have trouble booting LiveUSB at all... and a few I've seen that typically boot just fine, decide to stop booting once the USB device gets bigger than a certain size. For example, I've seen a few machines that work fine with 2GB USB drives but fail with 4GB. Anyway, try your LiveUSB on a variety of machines and see what happens. What size USB thumbdrive are you using?
TYL,
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Scott Dowdle dowdle@montanalinux.org wrote:
Valent,
----- Original Message -----
I just released Fusion Linux 14 Beta (http://fusionlinux.org/downloads/), I can start image both in qemu-kvm and VirtualBox as livedvd but after transfering image to usb stick with liveusb-creator image doesn't even start to load.
Has anybody tried booting Fedora 14 livecd as liveusb? Does it work for you?
I'm interested what issue is causing this, any help is more than appreciated.
I frequently convert all of my builds from Fedora 14 to LiveUSB and they work fine for me. Some machines do have trouble booting LiveUSB at all... and a few I've seen that typically boot just fine, decide to stop booting once the USB device gets bigger than a certain size. For example, I've seen a few machines that work fine with 2GB USB drives but fail with 4GB. Anyway, try your LiveUSB on a variety of machines and see what happens. What size USB thumbdrive are you using?
TYL,
Thanks, that is good feedback, maybe my usb is having issues. I'll try with few other. I had no issues booting F13 image from 2,4 and 8gb usb sticks that I have. I tried only with 2gb for now but I'll try others now that I know that your F14 image is working ok.
Thanks, that is good feedback, maybe my usb is having issues. I'll try with few other. I had no issues booting F13 image from 2,4 and 8gb usb sticks that I have. I tried only with 2gb for now but I'll try others now that I know that your F14 image is working ok.
Fusion Linux 14 beta iso [1] image works in VMs (both kvm and virtualbox) and when burned to DVD but not as LiveUSB via liveusb-creator app. Fusion Linux 14 is Fedora Remix and based on current Fedora 14 packages.
I'll try using dd to transfer iso image to usb and reporting back.
I'll try using dd to transfer iso image to usb and reporting back.
forgot the link:
Valent,
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Fusion Linux 14 beta iso [1] image works in VMs (both kvm and virtualbox) and when burned to DVD but not as LiveUSB via liveusb-creator app. Fusion Linux 14 is Fedora Remix and based on current Fedora 14 packages.
I'll try using dd to transfer iso image to usb and reporting back.
Does livecd-iso-to-disk work for you?
I generally use the following commandline:
livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --noverify whatever.iso /dev/sdNn
That is if I don't mind losing everything on the thumbdrive. It works for me. I think the liveusb-creator doesn't work as well.
TYL,
Does livecd-iso-to-disk work for you?
I generally use the following commandline:
livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --noverify whatever.iso /dev/sdNn
That is if I don't mind losing everything on the thumbdrive. It works for me. I think the liveusb-creator doesn't work as well.
I'll try livecd-iso-to-disk right now, but I got spoiled by livecd-creator, I like that it doesn't delete files already on usb.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Valent Turkovic valent.turkovic@gmail.com wrote:
Does livecd-iso-to-disk work for you?
I generally use the following commandline:
livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --noverify whatever.iso /dev/sdNn
That is if I don't mind losing everything on the thumbdrive. It works for me. I think the liveusb-creator doesn't work as well.
I'll try livecd-iso-to-disk right now, but I got spoiled by livecd-creator, I like that it doesn't delete files already on usb.
livecd-iso-to-disk works, thanks!
reported bug for livecd-creator: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644862
Valent,
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livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --noverify whatever.iso /dev/sdNn
I'll try livecd-iso-to-disk right now, but I got spoiled by livecd-creator, I like that it doesn't delete files already on usb.
You don't have to use use all of those flags if you don't want to... and you can keep the data on the thumbdrive if desired... but using those flags should work on most any thumbdrive without having to prepare it in any way. You can leave off the --format flag or add a few additional flags for persistent data and an encrypted home dir. Just read the man page for complete info.
TYL,
Le 16/10/2010 19:01, Scott Dowdle a écrit :
I frequently convert all of my builds from Fedora 14 to LiveUSB and they work fine for me. Some machines do have trouble booting LiveUSB at all...
USB booting is tricky. There are several "standards". See:
http://syslinux.zytor.com/doc/usbkey.txt http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-makebootfat.html#7
I do not use liveusb-creator but makebootfat + livecd-iso-to-disk on a loopback device with good success. More precisely:
cd /usr/share/makebootfat/x86
makebootfat --syslinux2 --mbrfat --zip \ --boot ldlinux.bss --mbr mbrfat.bin \ -O foobar -L "${FATLABEL}" \ -v -o $LOOPDEV "$EMPTYDIR"
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