livcecd-iso-to-disk: USB key do not boot (BIOS setup is fine)

[Richard Shaw]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Bruno Costacurta <pubmb.bco at pt.lu> wrote:

> 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
>

The livecd-iso-to-disk script does take care of this for you so I'm not
surprised.  If there are no errors generated then the USB drive and MB BIOS
may just not like each other. If you can afford to buy a different brand usb
memory stick I would try that. I use a 4GB Corsair Flash Voyager stick and
it works fine in my HP 8510 laptop.

Richard.
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