[ale] syslinux problem making bootable usb

[Boris Borisov]

I keep unetbootin and universalusbinstaller on my computer. If one doesn't
work I try the other one. But there are distros that cannot be booted with
either one. Is odd but is there.


On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 6:21 AM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> 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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