Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 10:28 PM home user wrote: > I have no idea how to compare the one iso file to the several directories and > files on the stick. You can mount the iso file with "sudo mount file.iso /mnt", and then use "diff -r /mnt /stick" or similar. Assumes: - you don't already have som

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On Sat, 2023-06-03 at 09:01 +0200, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: > Hi > > On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:28:10 -0600 home user wrote: > > > But diff can't compare contents of binary files. > > No: it can: > >   diff /bin/ls /bin/pwd >   Binary files /bin/ls and /bin/pwd differ > > In your case you

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

Hi On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:28:10 -0600 home user wrote: > But diff can't compare contents of binary files. No: it can: diff /bin/ls /bin/pwd Binary files /bin/ls and /bin/pwd differ In your case you only need to know if the files differ, thus use diff --brief -r ... diff --brief /bin/ls

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On Fri, 2023-06-02 at 20:28 -0600, home user wrote: > I looked around for another way to check the sticks. I thought if I > put something huge on the stick, and then use diff, that would do the > job. My /home is over 22 GB. So if I re-format the stick, copy > /home to the stick, and do a "diff

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On 6/1/23 3:38 PM, George N. White III wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 5:05 PM home user mailto:mattis...@comcast.net>> wrote: [... snip ...] The crooks copy name-brand packaging.  Bogus USB drives can be introduced anywhere in the supply chain, so the problem is usually discovered only when it r

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On 5/31/23 2:44 PM, Go Canes wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 4:05 PM home user wrote: 2. I used Fedora Media Writer to put Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-37-1.7.iso" on stick_1; no hint of trouble. I tested it in the left USB-3 port; it failed. I tested it in the right port; it succeeded.

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On Thu, 2023-06-01 at 18:38 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > USB3 uses frequencies higher than USB2, so other devices can be > affected by poor shielding at the ports, and kinked cables or > excessively long leads connecting port to system board cause > deterioration of the signals. Are both po

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 5:05 PM home user wrote: > (replying to Tim and George) > > Thank-you Tim and George. > > On 5/29/23 7:01 AM, George N. White III wrote: > > > Early USB-3 was problematic. Have you used USB memory sticks before? > There have been cheap USB sticks that advertise a much hi

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

You can also use dd to copy the usb stick back to a file, and compare the two files with cmp. (The original iso file should be an initial segment of the stick copy.) Maybe you can use cmp to directly compare the iso and the usb device, but I've never done it that way. --Stephen On Wed, May 31, 2

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 4:05 PM home user wrote: > 2. I used Fedora Media Writer to put > Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-37-1.7.iso" on stick_1; no hint of trouble. I > tested it in the left USB-3 port; it failed. I tested it in the right port; > it succeeded. Instead of Media Writer, you co

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

(replying to Tim and George) Thank-you Tim and George. On 5/29/23 7:01 AM, George N. White III wrote: Early USB-3 was problematic. Have you used USB memory sticks before? There have been cheap USB sticks that advertise a much higher capacity than they actually provide. I've been using U

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

es says is on the stick at the top level. I do > not have a cell phone or camera to capture the boot screen when the boot > fails. > > > > Main question: > > How do I make a Fedora-36 USB live stick that really works? > > > > Secondary question: > > I can'

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

On Sun, 2023-05-28 at 18:17 -0600, home user wrote: > I'm puzzled and troubled that the USB stick method does not work. It could just be /that/ USB stick. Did you have another to try? -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.90.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu May 4 15:21:22 UTC 2023 x86_64 Boilerplate: A

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively. [SOLVED]

says is on the stick at the top level.  I do not have a cell phone or camera to capture the boot screen when the boot fails. Main question: How do I make a Fedora-36 USB live stick that really works? Secondary question: I can't find a tool on my workstation to check the stick.  Disks, GSma

Re: Fedora USB live: not lively.

not have a > cell phone or camera to capture the boot screen when the boot fails. > > Main question: > How do I make a Fedora-36 USB live stick that really works? > > Secondary question: > I can't find a tool on my workstation to check the stick. Disks, > GSmartContro

Fedora USB live: not lively.

el. I do not have a cell phone or camera to capture the boot screen when the boot fails. Main question: How do I make a Fedora-36 USB live stick that really works? Secondary question: I can't find a tool on my workstation to check the stick. Disks, GSmartControl, and Disk Usage Analyzer don&#x

Re: USB-live

On 6/26/20 11:57 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I would be surprised if it was actually nothing. Something must happen when you press enter on that boot entry from the F12 boot menu. For sure, from F12, it works Then I don't understand where the problem is. If it boots, then what doesn't work? _

Re: USB-live

> > On 6/26/20 2:14 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > Yes, that sounds right. > > >From here I have to choose: > > legacy external device boot > > USB Storage Device > > Does it give any more info than that? Most computers I've used give at > least the manufa

Re: USB-live

On 6/26/20 2:14 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Yes, that sounds right. From here I have to choose: legacy external device boot USB Storage Device Does it give any more info than that? Most computers I've used give at least the manufacturer name of the USB device. And selecting that doesn't b

Re: USB-live

> >> Yes, that sounds right. > >> > >>> From here I have to choose: > >>> legacy external device boot > >>> USB Storage Device > >> > >> Does it give any more info than that? Most computers I've used give at > >> least the manufacturer name of the USB device. And selecting that > >> doesn't bo

Re: USB-live

On 6/26/20 1:30 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: On 6/26/20 1:37 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: On a Dell, it is F12 I guess. Yes, that sounds right. From here I have to choose: legacy external device boot USB Storage Device Does it give any more info than that? Most computers I've used give at least

Re: USB-live

> On 6/26/20 1:37 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > On a Dell, it is F12 I guess. > > Yes, that sounds right. > > > From here I have to choose: > > legacy external device boot > > USB Storage Device > > Does it give any more info than that? Most computers I've used give at > least the manufacturer nam

Re: USB-live

On 6/26/20 1:37 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: On a Dell, it is F12 I guess. Yes, that sounds right. From here I have to choose: legacy external device boot USB Storage Device Does it give any more info than that? Most computers I've used give at least the manufacturer name of the USB device.

Re: USB-live

  The PC is only 1 year ans 4 months old.   It is an Optiplex 7060 It is runing with a biao 1.2.22 It seems that there is a version 1.4.2 avaialble (marked as urgent I should also have asked if the machine dual boots windows.   If so, you need to check step 3 of Dell's dual boot ins

Re: USB-live

On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 08:20, Patrick Dupre wrote: > The PC is only 1 year ans 4 months old. > > It is an Optiplex 7060 > It is runing with a biao 1.2.22 > It seems that there is a version > 1.4.2 avaialble (marked as urgent > I should also have asked if the machine dual boots windows. If so, y

Re: USB-live

The PC is only 1 year ans 4 months old.   It is an Optiplex 7060 It is runing with a biao 1.2.22 It seems that there is a version 1.4.2 avaialble (marked as urgent)     On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 05:40, Patrick Dupre wrote: OK On a Dell, it is F12 I guess. >From here I

Re: USB-live

On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 05:40, Patrick Dupre wrote: > OK > > On a Dell, it is F12 I guess. > From here I have to choose: > legacy external device boot > USB Storage Device > > It means, not the UEFI Boot > The bios may be set to legacy bios mode, or (like my elderly Dell desktop) the system is to

Re: USB-live

OK On a Dell, it is F12 I guess. From here I have to choose: legacy external device boot USB Storage Device It means, not the UEFI Boot > On 6/26/20 1:14 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > After I entered into the BIOS, I have the option to select the boot > > ordering. > > By default, I have USB Ke

Re: USB-live

On 6/26/20 1:14 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: After I entered into the BIOS, I have the option to select the boot ordering. By default, I have USB Key First, then, Fedora (in the boot sequence) The options are for the USB Key: File System list PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x0,0x0)/CDROM(0x1) File Na

Re: USB-live

> Subject: Re: USB-live > > On 6/26/20 12:22 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > > > >> > >> On 6/25/20 1:59 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >>> I have a USB key with fedora 32. > >>> It works fine on a PC (A), but I cannot boot on it with ano

Re: USB-live

On 6/26/20 12:22 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: On 6/25/20 1:59 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a USB key with fedora 32. It works fine on a PC (A), but I cannot boot on it with another computer (UEFI): B On the other hand, I checked that I can boot on PC B from a USK stick (which is also UEFI,

Re: USB-live

> > On 6/25/20 1:59 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > I have a USB key with fedora 32. > > It works fine on a PC (A), but I cannot boot on it with another computer > > (UEFI): B > > > > On the other hand, I checked that I can boot on PC B from a USK stick > > (which is also UEFI, if I understand corr

Re: USB-live

On 6/25/20 1:59 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a USB key with fedora 32. It works fine on a PC (A), but I cannot boot on it with another computer (UEFI): B On the other hand, I checked that I can boot on PC B from a USK stick (which is also UEFI, if I understand correctly) ls /run/media/user/G

Re: USB-live

On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 18:00, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > I have a USB key with fedora 32. > It works fine on a PC (A), but I cannot boot on it with another computer > (UEFI): B > ls /run/media/user/Fedora-WS-Live-32-1-6/ > images > EFI > isolinux > LiveOS > > /run/media/user/Fedora-WS-Live

USB-live

Hello, I have a USB key with fedora 32. It works fine on a PC (A), but I cannot boot on it with another computer (UEFI): B ls /run/media/user/Fedora-WS-Live-32-1-6/ images EFI isolinux LiveOS /run/media/user/Fedora-WS-Live-32-1-6/EFI/BOOT BOOT.conf BOOTX64.EFI grub.cfg grubx64.efi mm

Re: USB Live Install problem -

Well, since you've solved it using a real drive, this is a bit late, but, ... On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 29/12/12 13:14, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> >> Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: >> >>>Is there a way I can install withou

Re: USB Live Install problem -

On 29/12/12 13:14, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: Is there a way I can install without using the USB flash drive? There is no optical drive in that box. Is there a scheme for installing over the LAN connection? Yes, but first

Re: USB Live Install problem -

Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: Is there a way I can install without using the USB flash drive? There is no optical drive in that box. Is there a scheme for installing over the LAN connection? Yes, but first you need to make sure that your target comp

Re: USB Live Install problem -

On 12/29/2012 05:04 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: <> > Is there a scheme for installing over the LAN connection? from my bookmarks, this link may do it for you; [watch line wrap] http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/s1-begininstall-perform-nfs-x8

USB Live Install problem -

On this computer I have a copy of "Fedora-18-Beta-x86_64-Live-XFCE.iso" I would like to install on another computer. It has a GiGabyte GA-E350N motherboard which has a recognized problem booting from a thumb drive. I've used "livecreator" on

Re: Boot usb live image, even if bios doesn't support it?

Hi Birger, > If you have grub up and running on the HDD, you should also be able to > create an entry in grub.conf to boot from the memory stick. Yes, I have grub-1 installed and I definitivly would prefer booting the installation media via grub. But how can I do this? Does grub have native supp

Re: Boot usb live image, even if bios doesn't support it?

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote: > Hi, > > I have a quite old laptop (2003) with a crappy bios, which doesn't > allow booting from USB and the laptop's dvd drive is broken. > > Is there any way to write some bootloader-code on the HDD, which then > loads the live-cd from US

Re: Boot usb live image, even if bios doesn't support it?

On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:40:17 +0100 Clemens Eisserer wrote: > Hi, > > I have a quite old laptop (2003) with a crappy bios, which doesn't > allow booting from USB and the laptop's dvd drive is broken. > > Is there any way to write some bootloader-code on the HDD, which then > loads the live-cd fr

Boot usb live image, even if bios doesn't support it?

Hi, I have a quite old laptop (2003) with a crappy bios, which doesn't allow booting from USB and the laptop's dvd drive is broken. Is there any way to write some bootloader-code on the HDD, which then loads the live-cd from USB? Thank you in advance, Clemens -- users mailing list users@lists.f