Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-03 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 11:05:13 +0530 Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > > > > ># dd if=debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M > >$ sync > > > >Now remove the drive and try boot with it ("boot override" if > >possible). If you follow these steps to the letter, and the problem > >persists, the

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > What firmware file to use with qemu-system-i386 in order to demonstrate > > EFI booting on i386 ? Ric Moore wrote: > I gave to wonder if the bootable flag was set during format? If not, that > would explain much. Ric The boot flag is set with one of the MBR partitions. Not with

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-03 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/03/2016 03:27 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: What firmware file to use with qemu-system-i386 in order to demonstrate EFI booting on i386 ? I gave to wonder if the bootable flag was set during format? If not, that would explain much. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > dd if=debian.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M && sync So it is about the ISOs. (But "debian.iso" is not a known ISO name. We got "mini.iso" as best attempt to obscure content and intended audience.) > ISO of squeeze, and beta versions of wheezy. Those are the ones which wor

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-02 Thread Akhil Krishnan S
># dd if=debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M >$ sync > >Now remove the drive and try boot with it ("boot override" if >possible). If you follow these steps to the letter, and the problem >persists, then it is a hardware fault. Thanks, but already followed the same. May be because

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-02 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:07:19 -0400 Henning Follmann wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:29:23PM +0530, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) But my system does

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-02 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:29:23 +0530 Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > Hi list, > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) Please reproduce the exact command you used. It should be something along the lines of: #

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > bootable USB. (Used [...] dd [...]) Please show your exact dd command and tell which older versions of Debian work and which does not. Is it about ISO images ? Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 12:07:19PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:29:23PM +0530, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > > bootable USB. (Us

Re: Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-02 Thread Henning Follmann
On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:29:23PM +0530, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > Hi list, > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) But my system doesn't > considering it and booting direct to hard disk. (Of course, boo

Bootable USB won't working

2016-04-02 Thread Akhil Krishnan S
Hi list, Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) But my system doesn't considering it and booting direct to hard disk. (Of course, boot priority of USB is greater than HDD) .Result is same when tried with Arch