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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Live opensuse boot problems |
| Date | 2019-05-10 13:13 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <gjl4m6FemhfU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <gjjv2uF736oU1@mid.individual.net> <qb2he0$s29$1@dont-email.me> <gjk0gsF7blpU1@mid.individual.net> <gjk5raF8c1bU1@mid.individual.net> <qb2t9e$91d$1@dont-email.me> |
On 10/05/2019 06.05, William Unruh wrote:
> On 2019-05-10, Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 10/05/2019 02.55, Mike Easter wrote:
>>> Paul wrote:
>>>> Some distros used to have some sort of test/verify that
>>>> the media was good. Is there still one of those available,
>>>> before re-writing the USB stick and trying to fix it ?
>>>> It was based on a hash per major file on the media.
>>>> Likely one for the squashfs and so on.
>>>
>>> The opensuse live boot menu has a media check, but I'm not sure exactly
>>> what it does. I'm running it on the bad usb.
>>
>> It only works on CDs. If it runs it will always say it is a bad CD or
>> similar, unless they got around to solve the check for USB case.
>
> The problem on the usb i that it runs the checksum on the whole >
> usba including all those 0 at the ned. thus youmust use the actual size
> of the image
> dd if=/dev/sdc bs=<N> count=<M> |md5sum
>
> where the numbers <N> and <M> are replaced by two numbers whose product
> exactly equals the length of the iso file written to the USB. That sdc
> should be replaced by the full disk name of the usb witout a partition
> number.
>
>> On CDs, it does a checksum test.
>
> "it" means what?
The entry on the boot menu to verify media. We are talking about it all
this time.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
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Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 10:41 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 11:47 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-05-09 21:04 +0200
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 12:27 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 12:52 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-05-09 22:36 +0200
Re: Live opensuse boot problems "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-05-09 22:33 +0200
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-05-09 17:21 -0400
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 17:31 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-05-09 20:42 -0400
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 17:55 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 18:01 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-05-10 04:26 +0200
Re: Live opensuse boot problems William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-05-10 04:05 +0000
Re: Live opensuse boot problems "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-05-10 13:13 +0200
Re: Live opensuse boot problems Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-05-09 18:25 -0700
Re: Live opensuse boot problems "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-05-10 04:27 +0200
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