[LUNA] Issues w/ UBCD ....
Paul F. Pearson
pfpearson at mchsi.com
Mon May 11 17:00:09 CDT 2015
Have you tried to put some other OS on the stick, just to confirm that it's even possible?
I've not used a bootable USB stick (not allowed at work, so not much use for me), so I can't help too much. Just want to give this some visibility.
----- Original Message -----
>
>
> .... I am trying to prep a USB UBCD stick for use in checking out a box
> I am building. I followed the instructions attached, from UBCD ISO, w/
> (some of) following results, from yesterday:
> (following from within fdisk):
>
>
> .
> .
> .
> .
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdg: 3878 MB, 3878678528 bytes
> 120 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders, total 7575544 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x2c6b7369
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdg1 * 2048 7575543 3786748 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>
> Command (m for help): m
> Command action
> a toggle a bootable flag
> b edit bsd disklabel
> c toggle the dos compatibility flag
> d delete a partition
> l list known partition types
> m print this menu
> n add a new partition
> o create a new empty DOS partition table
> p print the partition table
> q quit without saving changes
> s create a new empty Sun disklabel
> t change a partition's system id
> u change display/entry units
> v verify the partition table
> w write table to disk and exit
> x extra functionality (experts only)
>
> Command (m for help): w
> The partition table has been altered!
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
>
> WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
> partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
> information.
> Syncing disks.
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Thu May 07, 03:06 PM] 1095 # mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdg1
> mkfs.vfat 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Thu May 07, 03:07 PM] 1096 #
>
>
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Thu May 07, 03:09 PM] 1105 # !1013
> dd if=/home/ISOs/UBCD/ubcd533/ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdg
> 0+1 records in
> 0+1 records out
> 440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.0221471 s, 19.9 kB/s
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Thu May 07, 03:09 PM] 1106 #
>
>
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Thu May 07, 03:29 PM] 1143 # !1070
> /home/ISOs/UBCD/ubcd533/ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/syslinux -f -d
> /boot/syslinux /dev/sdg1
> /home/ISOs/UBCD/ubcd533/ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/syslinux: no previous
> syslinux boot sector found
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Thu May 07, 03:30 PM] 1144 #
>
>
> The fdisk on my system (see below) behaved slightly differently from
> that referenced in the UBCD readme file (from Debian), but I think
> everything got done OK. When I try to boot from the USB stick, it says
> 'No OS found to boot from' or something to that effect. I have tried 2
> different USB sticks this week, same from both, wouldn't boot. Target
> box uses a Supermicro H8SCM mbd & AMD C32 4256EE CPU, if that matters.
> Any clues appreciated :-) ....
>
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Fri May 08, 08:11 AM] 1165 # uname -a
> Linux Q6600 2.6.35.14-106.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 23 13:07:52 UTC
> 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [root at Q6600:/etc, Fri May 08, 08:11 AM] 1166 #
>
> --
>
> William A. Mahaffey III
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war
> ever devised by man."
> -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
>
> -------------- next part --------------
> To put UBCD on a USB thumb drive, your thumb drive needs to be partitioned in
> FAT16 or FAT32.
>
> First we need to know on which device your USB thumb drive is listed in
> /dev/.
> Afterwards we can format it and copy the necessary files.
>
> 1. Remove your USB thumb drive from your USB port if you already attached it.
> 2. Run one of the following command:
> A) fdisk -l
> It will list all drives. Look at the size to determine which one
> is your
> USB thumb drive. It can be that you need root rights to see the
> drives.
> B) dmesg | tail
> This will display something like the following, if you have just
> put in the
> USB thumb drive.
> [38350.743408] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 4028416 512-byte hardware
> sectors (2063 MB)
> [38350.744272] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> [38350.744284] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> [38350.744291] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write
> through
> [38350.747289] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 4028416 512-byte hardware
> sectors (2063 MB)
> [38350.748267] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> [38350.748284] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> [38350.748289] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write
> through
> [38350.748305] sdb: sdb1
> [38350.749432] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
>
> In this case, my USB thumb drive is /dev/sdc.
>
> C) df -h
> You can use this only when the USB thumb drive is automounted by
> your
> distribution or when you mount it yourself.
> It will list all mounted filesystems. You have to find and know
> the size
> of the partitions which are already on the USB thumb drive.
>
> /dev/sdb1 2,0G 1,9G 87M 96% /media/NANO
>
> In my case, my USB thumb drive is /dev/sdb (discard the number on
> the end).
>
> 3. If you have found on which device in /dev/, your USB thumb drive is, you
> can partition it.
>
> WARNING: backup all files that you want to preserve to another drive.
> WARNING: This process will delete any information that is currently stored
> on the USB key.
> Proceed with caution!
>
> A) First, we delete all old partitions that remain on the USB key.
>
> 1. Open a terminal and type sudo su
> 2. Type umount /dev/sdX to unmount your USB thumb drive
> (replace X with the right letter for your device. BE CAREFUL)
> 3. Type fdisk /dev/sdX (replacing X with your drive letter)
> 4. Type d to proceed to delete a partition
> 5. Type 1 to select the 1st partition and press enter
> 6. Type d to proceed to delete another partition
> (fdisk should automatically select the second partition)
>
> B) Next, we need to create the new partition.
>
> 1. Type n to make a new partition
> 2. Type p to make this partition primary and press enter
> 3. Type 1 to make this the first partition and then press enter
> 4. Type a, then 1, to make the first primary partition active or
> bootable.
> 5. Press enter to accept the default first cylinder
> 6. Press enter again to accept the default last cylinder
> 7. Press t to change the partition ID:
> If you want to format your USB thumb drive with FAT16, use:
> 'W95 FAT16 (LBA)' ==> press e
> If you want to format your USB thumb drive with FAT32
> (needed for partitions, larger than 2 GB, use:
> 'W95 FAT32 (LBA)' ==> press c
> 8. Type w to write the new partition information to the USB key
>
>
> C) Now, we need to create the fat filesystem.
>
> 1. If you have chosen to format your USB thumb drive in FAT16
> ('W95 FAT16 (LBA)' in previous step), use:
>
> mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/sdX1 (replacing X with your USB key drive
> letter)
>
> 2. If you have chosen to format your USB thumb drive in FAT32
> ('W95 FAT32 (LBA)' in previous step), use:
>
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdX1 (replacing X with your USB key drive
> letter)
>
> 4. Now, we write the syslinux mbr to the USB drive.
> The mbr.bin file is located in ./ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/ of the
> extracted UBCD iso.
>
> dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/sdX (replacing X with your USB key drive letter)
>
> 5. Mount the partition of your USB drive
> You can use the GUI mounting utility of your distribution.
> If your distribution mounts USB drives automatically, you can remove and
> replug your USB thumb drive.
>
> 6. Copy all files of the extracted UBCD iso to your USB thumb drive.
>
> 7. Install syslinux to the partition of your USB thumb drive.
>
> First make sure that ./ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/syslinux is executable,
> if not, run:
>
> chmod a+x ./ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/syslinux (adapt the path if
> necessary)
>
> If it is executable, run:
>
> sudo ./ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/syslinux -s -d /boot/syslinux /dev/sdX1
> (replacing X with your USB key drive letter)
>
> 8. Now you can boot UBCD from your USB drive, if your BIOS supports it of
> course.
>
>
>
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