I am trying to create a bootable USB drive for Fedora 33 or Rawhide,
but the only computer I have access to tonight is a Chromebook.
My first attempt ( on my new Ryzen computer ), booted to the screen where it ask if I want to start Fedora or test the media, and the test immediately failed. I did not try to reboot and try the option to start Fedora. ( this was the latest iso of Fedora 33 from the happyassassin website. )
My second attempt was a different iso ( Rawhide LXQT, but that one stated it was just the most recent built ). That one would not boot.
So at the moment, I am not sure if one can use a Chromebook to successfully create a good USB drive. It seems plausible.
I will try at least one more time.
Here is a summary of the steps. 1 ) rename Fedora.iso to Fedora.bin 2 ) open up the "Chrome Recovery Tool" from there is works similar to Fedora ImageWriter. ( They probably stole it. LOL ! ) So is there any chance it would only make a bootable image suitable for a Chromebook installation. It does not give you choice of changing the format type. So I do not know if it changes it. Prior to that I tried Fat32.
My other option is to use the Linux container. and the dd command. Right ?? How hard could that be. But I do not see how the container can see the USB drive. I can share the contents of the drive with the Linux container though.
All this is way above my deteriorating I.Q.
David Locklear
P.S. I have just built a Ryzen 3 1200AF system with ASUS motherboard and have access to ethernet. Is there some other way to get Fedora on it ??
For some reason, my old SSD with Fedora on it would not boot. I probably electrically fried the SSD mishandling it. I have some other Linux SSDs, and probably with Fedora 31 on them. but they are not accessible this week.
On the 3rd try with a new iso, and on the media test on my new Ryzen computer, plymouth started for a little while, and then aborted, but with all the same errors as before.
So I decided to reboot and just click install and see what would happen.
( I used the latest Everything Boot Rawhide iso )
I now have a working Ryzen computer with Fedora Rawhide.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r16ed7epmzv72zj/ASUS_X570_Ryzen3_1200AF.jpg?dl=0
This is an ASUS motherboard with no wi-fi ( I have a wi-fi card to install later ). The video card is a used Power Color 5500XT ( bought in USA for around $ 129 USD plus tax ) Rawhide is on the primary NVMe drive. Cooler is the massive Noctua.
I purchased the Ryzen 3 1200AF from
* aaawave.com http://aaawave.com*
for around $ 77.95 USD ( free shipping ). No problems.
I spent a lot of money on the motherboard, having purchased it before the X550's were available. I am not pleased with the PCH fan-speed, but it is only 1600 to 2150 at idle in BIOS. That is with the PCH fan being new. Imagine what it will be like in a year or two. Ouch !
To be continued.
David Locklear
On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:28:54 -0500 David dlocklear01@gmail.com wrote:
P.S. I have just built a Ryzen 3 1200AF system with ASUS motherboard and have access to ethernet. Is there some other way to get Fedora on it ??
Download the netinstall iso.
https://alt.fedoraproject.org/
https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/33/Serv...
It has minimal packages on the iso and depends on the net to get everything else. Less to go wrong. I usually install only the minimal install, and then use dnf from the new install to install anything else. The minimal install doesn't install any graphical interface, so command line only.
There used to be a way to do it all over the net by just installing a bootstrap on the computer, but that has been unmaintained for some time now. I guess people didn't find it useful.
On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:28:54 -0500 David wrote:
I am trying to create a bootable USB drive for Fedora 33 or Rawhide,
I have successfully used the instructions here to create a handy bootable USB with several iso images on it and grub can boot the isos, so I can boot lots of different things from the one usb stick.
Thank you Stan,
But how does one do a minimal net install if they have just built a new computer and there are no other computers available to make a bootable iso image ? I did not have a way to make a bootable iso image, unless one can do that on an smartphone.
I was implying that I did it using a Chromebook. So Chromebooks do have some functionality, but are just a little confusing at task like that.
I have about two man-hours of usage now in Rawhide on a Ryzen 3. So far so good. Of course, Rawhide is not noticeably different from Fedora 33 at this stage. ( Please do not shoot me for using Rawhide. I have been using it for a year, but I have a low I.Q. )
My Brother laser-printer was detected and worked out-of-the-box.
My cheap used 4 GB Power Color 5500XT seems to work, but I haven't yet played any action games. X570 and NVMe seems to work. All the peripherals work and the "hot-sheet motel" that I am living in, has 1 GB ethernet in the rooms.
I have been playing with all the system-monitor apps, and CPU-X seems to work pretty good.
Here is some temperature data:
[david@localhost ~]$ sensors amdgpu-pci-0b00 Adapter: PCI adapter vddgfx: 700.00 mV fan1: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, max = 3500 RPM) edge: +32.0°C (crit = +113.0°C, hyst = -273.1°C) (emerg = +99.0°C) junction: +32.0°C (crit = +99.0°C, hyst = -273.1°C) (emerg = +99.0°C) mem: +34.0°C (crit = +99.0°C, hyst = -273.1°C) (emerg = +99.0°C) power1: 4.00 W (cap = 121.00 W)
nvme-pci-0100 Adapter: PCI adapter Composite: +26.9°C (low = -0.1°C, high = +74.8°C) (crit = +79.8°C)
k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter Vcore: 1.18 V Vsoc: 1.08 V Tctl: +32.9°C Tdie: +32.9°C Icore: 7.00 A Isoc: 6.75 A
nvme-pci-0400 Adapter: PCI adapter Composite: +25.9°C (low = -0.1°C, high = +69.8°C) (crit = +89.8°C)
I have sufficient fans, I think, but I plan to add more.
If I see anything pertinent or of interest in the future, I will report it, but I do not yet have the Linux skills to say much else about it.
David Locklear Arcola, Texas, USA
On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:19:22 -0500 David dlocklear01@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you Stan,
You are welcome, though it appears I didn't give you much help. :-)
But how does one do a minimal net install if they have just built a new computer and there are no other computers available to make a bootable iso image ?
Ahh, a catch-22 for sure. Perhaps you could have used your old computer to create the USB before building the new one. That presumes you had an old computer. If the old drive had booted in your new computer, that would have resolved the issue, as wel. I remember that there used to be a way to get pre-installed fedora ISO's sent via postal mail. I never used it, but perhaps it still exists. That means you have to wait for the iso to arrive before you can run your computer, not great, but better than never running your computer. Glad to hear you got things going and good luck living on the cutting edge.
PS to Tom: Thanks for the link, useful for future reference.
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