On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 18:08 -0200, Clodoaldo wrote: > I want to install F8 from a 1GB pen drive but dd does not work, > although I can mount it. dd shows it worked: > > # dd if=/home/cpn/Desktop/Downloads/diskboot.img of=/dev/sdb1 > 24576+0 records in > 24576+0 records out > 12582912 bytes (13 MB) copied, 0.307408 s, 40.9 MB/s > > But there is nothing in the directory: > > [root@dkt ~]# ll /media/KINGSTON/ > total 0 > > fdisk -l shows strange messages: > > # fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes > 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 158816 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 203 102280+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 204 158816 79940952 8e Linux LVM > > Disk /dev/sdb: 1027 MB, 1027604480 bytes > 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes > > This doesn't look like a partition table > Probably you selected the wrong device. > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 ? 966294 1813487 840415161 69 Unknown > Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(612, 109, 33) logical=(966293, 30, 10) > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(255, 97, 46) logical=(1813486, 20, 39) > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sdb2 ? 976282 1834012 850868148+ ff BBT > Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(367, 115, 35) logical=(976281, 15, 17) > Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(80, 13, 10) logical=(1834011, 14, 55) > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sdb3 ? 891259 1782449 884061367 6c Unknown > Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(355, 116, 37) logical=(891258, 2, 52) > Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(112, 97, 32) logical=(1782448, 31, 27) > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sdb4 ? 1 1790834 1776506368 0 Empty > Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(10, 114, 13) logical=(0, 0, 1) > Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(1790833, 1, 2) > Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > Partition table entries are not in disk order > > > When I try to enter fdisk the device can't be opened: > > # fdisk sdb > > Unable to open sdb > > # ll /dev/sdb1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12582912 2007-11-15 17:56 /dev/sdb1 > > Any workaround? Redo the dd, but do NOT specify a partition, e.g.: dd if=/home/cpn/Desktop/Downloads/diskboot.img of=/dev/sdb For it to be bootable, the image must be written to the raw device (/dev/sdb), not to a partition on the drive (/dev/sdb1). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - If this is the first day of the rest of my life... - - I'm in BIG trouble! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
