USB sticks , check bootability of on command line.
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USB sticks , check bootability of on command line.
Hello,
Is there a way of checking on the command line if a usb stick is bootable?
I ask this bacause I recently bought one that will not accept an operating
system.
Can you explain how you attempted to install the iso image on your usb stick. Can you explain what you did to come to the conclusion that the stick "will not accept an operating
system.".
jdk
USB sticks , check bootability of on command line.
Hi jdkaye
I ran gparted on the stick,created a fat32 partition,gave it a label,put on a boot flag,
downloaded a distro,checked md5 sum, burnt a cd, ran md5sum on the cd,put it onto Unetbootin
and made some persistence(it WAS ubuntu based).No joy!
lwv962.
PS. The stick is a SanDisk cruzer blade. I think there is some kind of "windows" protection on it !
Last edited by lwv962; 09-12-2013 at 01:17 PM.
Reason: to add a postscript.
USB sticks , check bootability of on command line.
jdkaye
Hi,
I believe that is what Unetbootin demands,anyway I've always used
fat32 for a stick.But as I put in my PS.this stick acts differently
from other sticks:it is readable and writeable until it comes to
installation. I'm just looking for a command line command to let me
know in future if I'm given a stick if can take an installation.
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