[ale] syslinux problem making bootable usb

[DJ-Pfulio]

Don't use USB3 devices or plugs.
Folks say to avoid SanDisk flash drives too.

There is no way to know for certain if a specific USB storage device will work
with a specific USB port, until you try it and it fails.  Really old USB storage
(1st-gen) doesn't work. About 5 yrs ago, I had good luck with almost any USB
storage - pre-USB3.

So - try different USB flash storage.  I use cheap no-name flash storage with
the best luck. I've heard that Kingston and a-data work best. I dunno. Currently
using an "HP" branded flash drive successfully to re-wipe ChromeOS over and over
and over after about 20 attempts to get Linux installed **and** booting on a new
Chromebook.

Yumi is a very nice tool. Start by using one the already understood ISO options
and build from there.  Oh - UEFI screws things up too, sometimes. Make certain
legacy boot is enabled for USB storage.

OTOH, dd is pretty stupid and easy if you just need a bootable ISO on flash storage.

Unetbootin has never worked for me, but after the few 10 failures, I stopped
trying to use it.



On 01/20/2016 11:42 PM, Ken Cochran wrote:
> Yumi looks pretty good but so far I can't get it to make
> a bootable USB, even of gparted, which has always worked.
> {sigh}  -kc
> 
>> From: DjPfulio <DjPfulio at jdpfu.com>
>> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:32:37 -0500
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> Subject: Re: [ale] syslinux problem making bootable usb
>>
>> For the last few years I've been using dd. Works with any bootable ISO Li=
>> nux distribution. No multiboot allowed. Just a single ISO.
>> Syslinux and other boot tools don't always work on newer computers. If yo=
>> u must have some sort of a tool to do this, MKUSB has a GUI and there is =
>> a CLI version with next to zero dependencies.
>> If you want to use Windows for this, Yumi is the tool that has always wor=
>> ked for me. It supports multiboot setups.
>>
>> 99% of the time, I just use dd.
>>
>> On 20 January 2016 17:14:44 GMT-05:00, Ken Cochran <kwc at shell.theworld.co=
>> m> wrote:
>>> Hey y'all is there some kinda -fu I'm missing in making a usb
>>> flash drive bootable?  I'm trying to make a chntpw & it's not
>>> working.  I can make & run gparted on the same media just fine.
>>> Any nice alternatives to chntpw for "outside" resetting that
>>> type of password?  As always, faq, doc & pointers to FMs to
>>> RT are quite welcome. :)  -kc
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