On 07/10/2010 07:15 PM, H.S. wrote: > I want to install Fedora 13 on a computer which is currently running > Debian (going to make it multiboot). I have downloaded boot.iso from > Fedora 13 tree > (http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/13/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso) > and also Fedora-13-x86_64-netinst.iso > (http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/13/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-13-x86_64-netinst.iso) > > I burned boot.iso to my 256 MB USB stick using dd command: > sudo dd if=Downloads/boot.iso of=/dev/sdd > > and got the image contents in /dev/sdd1. However, the computer does not > detect that USB stick as bootable (my motherboard can and does boot from > a USB stick) and booted from hard disk. > > I then tried copying the contents of the iso image to a newly formatted > ext3 filesystem on the USB stick: > - using fdisk, created a new ext3 partition in the USB. > - sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdd1 > - sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdd1 /tmp/fedora > - sudo mount -o loop boot.iso /tmp/img/ > - sudo cp -a /tmp/img/* /tmp/fedora/ > > No luck, the computer still did not detect the USB as a bootable device > and booted from the hard disk. > > In both the above cases, the boot flag for sdd1 or ON. > > I also copied the Fedora netinst.iso image to the USB stick and tried > with that, no luck there either. > > What I am I doing wrong here? > > Thanks. R U sure the iso is meant for an ext3 FS and not for a vfat FS? I have installed the boot.iso on a 1GB flash, using: sudo /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr /tmp/boot.iso /dev/sde and I was able to boot it in VirtualBox. Of course you need to install livecd-tools-031-1.fc12.1.i686.rpm in order to livecd-iso-to-disk Have fun. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
