[SOLVED] dd and Slackware.

keefaz · 12-19-2022, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aluma

Yes, to boot from a flash drive, I need to press Fn + F11, then a menu appears with disks and a flash drive, incl.

It's not F12?
Anyway, do you see the slackware flash drive in the boot menu?
If yes, you can select it? And what happen then?

aluma · 12-19-2022, 11:43 AM

This is what I see, I apologize for the quality of the photo.

keefaz · 12-19-2022, 11:56 AM

So USB HDD is not the usb key, yes?

Could you post the list of usb key file (at first level)
Boot into open suse, plug the usb key, open a terminal then:

Code:

lsblk -f /dev/sdc
mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbkey
ls /mnt/usbkey

aluma · 12-19-2022, 12:09 PM

Sure I can.
But I reformatted this flash drive, it will take some time to write the image.

keefaz · 12-19-2022, 12:15 PM

Maybe check bios security and startup options too (secure boot off and UEFI first set for UEFI/legacy boot)

aluma · 12-19-2022, 12:42 PM

The output of the lsblk command and then is needed from which computer?
Netbook has Exe GNU/Linux and PCLinuxOS,
openSUSE on another computer.

In the BIOS of the netbook there is no option to select the type of boot EFI / legasy, the Vin that was on it was loaded into EFI, for Linux I created 4 msdos partitions with MBR, there were no problems booting from the hard drive yet.

keefaz · 12-19-2022, 01:37 PM

Oh I see, you may need a mbr boot type install then
In this case maybe boot in the other computer with open suse, plug the usb key, then mount slackware64-15.0-install-dvd.iso in /mnt/dvd like you did before, then (do the commands as root)

Code:

# verify that usb key is /dev/sdc
lsblk
cd /mnt/dvd/usb-and-pxe-installers
sh usbimg2disk.sh -f -s /mnt/dvd -o /dev/sdc

Once it's done, try boot the laptop with the connected usb key

aluma · 12-20-2022, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keefaz

Oh I see, you may need a mbr boot type install then
In this case maybe boot in the other computer with open suse, plug the usb key, then mount slackware64-15.0-install-dvd.iso in /mnt/dvd like you did before, then (do the commands as root)

Code:

# verify that usb key is /dev/sdc
lsblk
cd /mnt/dvd/usb-and-pxe-installers
sh usbimg2disk.sh -f -s /mnt/dvd -o /dev/sdc

Once it's done, try boot the laptop with the connected usb key

Thanks a lot!
It works, though the loading process itself is stuck on this, but that's another question, as I understand it.
Thanks again for your help and attention.

Regards.

keefaz · 12-20-2022, 04:45 AM

Did you try the second boot option (boot with kms console)?
Also at boot, there was only one entry for usb key?

aluma · 12-20-2022, 09:11 AM

Yes, when loading one usb key, a message appears from message.txt.
With kms.s the result is the same.

keefaz · 12-20-2022, 11:29 AM

You have to find the way to setup bios so it will boot legacy usb before efi usb...
Setting should be at startup or boot parameter in the bios

aluma · 12-20-2022, 12:48 PM

I'm understood, thank you.

Regards.