Re: USB server install problem

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: USB server install problem
Date	2019-02-05 16:16 -0800
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Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Mike Easter a écrit :
>>
>> Earlier I posted one of my results from an install attempt.
> 
> I don't remember seeing it in this thread. Message-ID ?

I don't recall the background prior to the boot info; but here is the 
msg from another thread on this issue:

http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=154941170700
From: Mike Easter
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Examine (and fix?) non-booting USB
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:19:19 -0800
Message-ID: <gbh01oFb4v2U1@mid.individual.net>

>>
>> GUID Partition Table detected.
>>
>> Partition  Attrs   Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors System
>> /dev/sdc1                 6,144    15,818,751    15,812,608 EFI System 
>> partition
>> /dev/sdc2                 2,048         6,143         4,096 BIOS Boot 
>> partition
> 
> Why did you use GPT ? It can be required for EFI boot with some (broken) 
> UEFI firmwares, but I do not see any advantage for BIOS boot.

I don't know the answer; likely some tool had it as a default.  In 
another message I explained about GPE coupling the flags for boot and 
esp together.

> Also, why does sdc2 have the "EFI system partition" type ? I assume it 
> is not really a ESP containing a FAT filesystem for EFI boot but an ext* 
> partition (according to the embedded module list in GRUB's core image). 
> So yo should change it to not confuse the UEFI firmware.
> 
> As required by the GPT specification, the boot flag of the GPT partition 
> of the protective MBR is not set. But some BIOS/UEFI firmwares require 
> it for BIOS/legacy boot. So you may try to set it with parted or fdisk.
> 
> # parted /dev/sdc disk_set pmbr_boot on
> 
> or
> 
> # fdisk -t dos /dev/sdc
> a
> w

I'll give your parted command a shot.  GPartEd doesn't show me those/any 
options for sdc.  Just for its parts.


-- 
Mike Easter

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USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 08:19 -0800
  Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 08:52 -0800
  Re: USB server install problem Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-30 17:27 +0000
    Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 09:48 -0800
      Re: USB server install problem Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-30 18:15 +0000
        Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 10:25 -0800
          Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 10:45 -0800
          Re: USB server install problem "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2019-01-30 14:55 -0600
            Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 13:03 -0800
              Re: USB server install problem "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2019-01-30 15:47 -0600
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 16:00 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 16:20 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 17:01 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-01 07:00 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-01 09:01 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-01 11:04 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Lucifer <LuciferMorningstar@bigpond.com> - 2019-02-02 06:17 +1100
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-01 11:47 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 17:19 -0800
              Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-02 08:55 +0100
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-02 01:05 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-02 10:50 -0500
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-02 08:39 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-02 21:38 +0100
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-03 14:01 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-04 21:58 +0100
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-04 15:33 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-02-05 12:29 +0000
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-05 09:34 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-05 20:27 +0100
                Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-05 20:29 +0100
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-05 13:04 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-05 13:29 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-05 23:44 +0100
                Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-05 23:47 +0100
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-05 15:58 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-05 16:16 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-05 16:57 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-05 17:25 -0800
                Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-06 20:17 +0100
          Re: USB server install problem Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-30 21:44 +0000
            Re: USB server install problem Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-30 21:56 +0000
              Re: USB server install problem Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-30 22:04 +0000
          Re: USB server install problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-02 08:52 +0100
        Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 12:32 -0800
  Re: USB server install problem Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-01-30 12:03 -0800

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