Re: Boot GoboLinux_beta3 from USB flash?

"Lucas C. Villa Real" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.distributions.gobo.general
Message-ID <CAAvzgtZDkiw9f=TdcjRAtFvfEzo7h6bXLkkSQ92H99E8w4eG9w@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Hugo Barrocas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to help and test run GoboLinux-015_beta3 from a USB flash, but
> haven't had success with it.
>
> I tried the "dd" command as instructed, but it doesn't make a bootable
> flash drive.
>
>
Hi Hugo,

What was the target of dd? You need to specify the whole disk, not the
partition. If you have a FAT partition on the USB device as /dev/sdb1, then
you will want to run "dd of=/dev/sdb" as opposed to "dd of=/dev/sdb1".

Thanks!
Lucas

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