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Originally Posted by EDDY1
Secure boot can be disabled but you must be in the bios to do it, not the boot menu.
Also the latest command that you ran has to have an output file which is of=/dev
To be sure what /dev you're writing to run
before inserting usb, then run it again noting the change in the /dev/sdx field. Also you can't install to the drive that iso is mounted on.
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Sorry EDDY1;
If only you were right! I realize what you are saying makes perfect sense to any sensible person and applies to the majority of MoBo architectures. But that just isn't the case with this ASUS M32AD. There is no way to disable "Secure Boot" even when dropped into the BIOS terminal console; one level beneath the UEFI BIOS GUID Screen(s). I've been digging into this since last October. ASUS Tech support is aware of the problem and have advised me the unit must be 'benched' and have the Megatrends "BIOS Revision: 4.6" chip swapped out to fix it. Even though I've been told this from 3 independent sources, like yourself, there is still some doubt in my mind that I'm getting the straight 'poop'. It just doesn't seem to make sense.
Assimilating all the other responses, I gather what I really need is a FD to function as a storage device. i.e., a memory stick; not a separate OS. I'm 'down with that'.
I realize that I needn't/shouldn't try to mount the FD. Poor choice of words on my part. The FD should be automatically recognized by deb when inserted; else there is a problem that can be addressed using the 'dmesg' command.
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Originally Posted by Higgs
Wow. Sounds like you should copy all your files onto a new disk and get rid of the Maxtor. The new disk should be a SATA hard drive or... a USB.
Ah, I think I see what you're doing.
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I have a new 1 TB HDD still in the packing box. When I get this FD issue sorted, I'll clone my deb HD to it. One thing at a time.
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The USB should be in FAT32 format. At least, that worked for me.
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Using this command?
Code:
mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdc1
Done.
Code:
/dev# blkid
/dev/sda2: UUID="ba8c200b-6266-4d44-a670-d3cbc4e23ce1" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Local Disk" UUID="bf1bc5b8-6c03-459b-a77c-9858e6ceb0ca" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: UUID="47500a15-0eaf-4b05-8bd9-fe9c941b9354" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="58B42958B42939C0" TYPE="ntfs" LABEL="Windows RE tools"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="722B-CCB8" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdb4: LABEL="Windows" UUID="2E5A7BAC5A7B6F87" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb5: LABEL="Data" UUID="204C7CCB4C7C9D6A" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb6: LABEL="Recovery image" UUID="5E783140783117EB" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: UUID="5a0d08c0-b556-423b-b368-582cca648577" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="ADDD-5D21" TYPE="vfat"
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Originally Posted by Higgs
If you're in a debian distro, then you need to open a terminal.
You need to be in the same directory where the iso file is.
Then run the dd command.
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I downloaded
mini.iso
raw CD image (application/x-cd-image)
33.9 MB (33,931,264 bytes)
from
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dist...mages/netboot/
to
/home/rooster/Downloads
So you're suggesting I run:
Code:
# dd if=/home/rooster/Downloads/mini.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4096;sync
I just don't want to end up trying to install the thing from within the sdc disk
again.
