[SOLVED] Trying to make a bootstick and failing

Gordie · 06-11-2016, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by comet.berkeley

Ok now I have something to try.

Attached is an alternate script called setup.81.make-mbr-bootdisk.txt

Simply copy it to /var/log/setup/setup.81.make-mbr-bootdisk (remove the .txt bit).
Then run pkgtool.

It will show up right next to the old setup.80.make-bootdisk script.

Test and let me know how it goes.

Be careful though. Since it is "new" it might be buggy...

Just to recap:
setup.80.make-bootdisk - Create a USB stick like a floppy disk.
setup.81.make-mbr-bootdisk - Create a USB stick like a hard drive.

BINGO!
You hit the nail right on the head. It came up with a screen identifying it as a Slackware Bootdisk and then I was able to boot right up into /dev/sda1 with syslinux. Didn't see Lilo at all. Thank you so much and thanks to all that tried to find the answer.

An gonna keep a copy of that for sure

kjhambrick · 06-14-2016, 07:38 AM

All --

I tested the new setup.80.make-bootdisk from the Mon Jun 13 21:34:08 UTC 2016 Update.

Compared the results to comet.berkeley's setup.81.make-mbr-bootdisk which worked very well.

The only diff I see in the resulting USB Drive is the Disk identifier in the fdisk output.

Boots fine on my machine but then again, my machine does not care about the 'boot flag' nor the partition table so even the USB Drives made with the old version worked for me.

80.make-bootdisk still cannot see my 4GB Sandisk USB where the removable bit is unset but I don't think it would be safe to ignore that attribute for the casual user.

Anyhow. Looks GREAT to me !

[edit] Thank you comet.berkeley

-- kjh

Before: Boot Disk made with comet.berkeley's setup.81.make-mbr-bootdisk

Code:

# fdisk -l /dev/sde

Disk /dev/sde: 1.8 GiB, 1941962752 bytes, 3792896 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xafd8f6a0

Device     Boot Start   End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sde1  *     2048 34815   32768  16M  6 FAT16

After: BootDisk made with Pat's (

Mr Johnson's

) new setup.80.make-bootdisk

Code:

# fdisk -l /dev/sde

Disk /dev/sde: 1.8 GiB, 1941962752 bytes, 3792896 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x8eb24cf9

Device     Boot Start   End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sde1  *     2048 34815   32768  16M  6 FAT16

Gordie · 06-14-2016, 09:08 AM

I also tested it and all works as it should