On Mon, 16 May 2011 13:27:02 -0700, Peter Bonucci wrote: > On Friday, May 13, 2011 08:25:43 am Camaleón wrote: <snip>
(...) >> Finally, if all of the above fails, well, consider using the "WD My >> Passport Essential" USB disk as a paperweight... errr, I mean, as a >> backup storage unit O:-) >> >> ¹http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#features >> >> P.S. It won't neither hurt that you look for any available firmware >> upgrade for you USB device or even for the BIOS of your computer. Also, >> contacting WD on this matter can make you lose a bit of time but it >> can't make any bad :-) > > After all of the previous work, I decided that GRUB wasn't going to > work. I tried Plop and it didn't work either. Wow... I would start thinking the USB disk has some kind of specific problem to hold the bootstrap code :-/ > I decided to use a separate USB device for the /boot partition and > reinstall Debian. The "WD My Passport Essential" USB disk now holds a > complete Debian installation and I can run it without problems. > > Camaleón, thank you for all of the help. You're welcome, but it's a pity having to depend on another external source to hold the bootloader just because manufacturers provide such weird devices with undocumented "features" ;-( Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.05.17.15.42...@gmail.com
