Jumpdrive wont bootForum: USB booting Topic: Jumpdrive wont boot started by: Brando56894 Posted by Brando56894 on Jan. 29 2005,23:26
hey i have a Lexar Jumpdrive Secure 512mb and it gets to the screen where it says "hit enter to boot" i hit enter and i goes to the next screen with tux up in the lefthand corner and just sits there, i left it on that screen for like 2 hours and it didnt do anything. anyone know how to fix this?
Posted by om3ga on Feb. 01 2005,04:44
HeyI bought this same USB Flash stick a few days ago, and have the same problem.. not sure why or what, appears to be on the bootloader. Will check around forums, I think i saw a solution somewhere! If I do figure it out, will reply here. cheers om3ga Posted by bruce lee on Feb. 01 2005,16:56
Hi,I am successfull with Lexar Jumpdrive 256 Mo and format with FAT by Hp Tools, but not with 512 Mo. There is "Boot Failed". Anybody have an idea. Thanks !!! Posted by clivesay on Feb. 01 2005,17:26
First of all, welcome to DSL.One of the things that really impresses people when they start with DSL is the amount of knowledge that is poured into this forum. The forum is huge and has a tremendous amount of information. It is actually very rare where someone has a completely unique issue to resolve. The best way to get common questions answered quickly is to use the forum search button. If you click "Search", enter "Lexar", choose "All Open Forums" and go to the bottom and choose "From the beginning" you will find quite a few threads about usb booting and the Lexar drive specifically. Give that a try and see if that gets you what you need. If you still have questions, post a question with the appropriate thread and someone will help you. Good luck and Welcome To The Revolution! Chris Posted by DaveUSB on Mar. 01 2005,20:12
I'm having the same problem with a Lexar Elite 256MB.I've searched all over the forums, and this is the only post that presents such behavior. I formatted the USB stick using HP tools, redid the thing from Windows, and same thing. I get the boot prompt, I see two penguins, the cursos blinks and nothign happens. If I press Left Control, I can see the "probing usb..." and that's it. Nothing else. Is my usb stick teh suck? Posted by DaveUSB on Mar. 01 2005,21:05
here's so more infoLexar Elite 256MB USB stick 8 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders. install-mbr -l /dev/sda: Failed to find MBR signature install-mbr -l /dev/sda1: Failed to find MBR signature I tried making the USB stick from WIndows as explained in the howto, and also tried from DSL Install to USB pen. I also tried writing the image of a win98SE boot disk on the usb stick, then the Winxp Procedure. Also tried writing the image of a win98SE boot disk on the usb sitck, then the Install to USB pendrive from DSL linux. any ideas? thanks Posted by DaveUSB on Mar. 02 2005,03:23
Ok I figured it out.The problem was that I had erased the original partition tables, cause I wanted to have more than one partition. It's almost as if /dev/sda1 is written on /dev/sda * shurgs * Even the howtos tell you to make /dev/sda1, the best you can do is not to mess up with the partitions and just install DSL with the partition scheme you got when you purchased your Stick. Another thing you could do is to back up the original stick from Linux using dd if=/dev/sda of=$HOME/usboriginal.iso So what I did is, I erased the partitions and MBR with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=512 count=1 I even did a if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda till it was all zeroed out. Then from Windows, I tried to open the F: drive (which corresponds to the stick). Windows said, hey this device is weird lets format it, so I let windows do it, although I chose fat16. Then followed the DSL to USB using Windows XP and winimage and stuff, and it works great. This is what the partition table looks like: Now
-------- Moral of the story: Don't mess up the original partitions unless you have to, and if you have to, make backups. I learned that the hard way. Posted by DaveUSB on Mar. 02 2005,16:18
update!Don't listen to me. This fix only works for motherboards that allow you to force the USB mass storage device as FDD, from the BIOS setup. grrr... Posted by Rapidweather on Mar. 02 2005,23:11
I know it's complicated, but don't be hesitant to start all over again with what you have determined, and see if you can get the procedure refined. We'd like to see a post of that.I see that your partition table is strange, perhaps Windows does not start the partitions at the same point as linux, or something like that. I'll bet ext2 partitions won't work, even though they would be clean and neat. Also, you might try another brand of usb stick, I have had good success with Dell's, but Lexar's are very good and reliable. |