[ubuntu-uk] USB STICK

[Ted]

Tony Arnold wrote:
> Ted,
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> Ted wrote:
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>> alan c wrote:
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>>> Ted wrote:
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>>>> Eddie Armstrong wrote:
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>>>>> Ted wrote:
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>>>>>> Do I have to edit any files on the usb stick after I have installed Ubi
>>>>>> to get the stick to boot ?
>>>>>>
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>>>>> I would have thought just check the BIOS - enable boot from USB device
>>>>> I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong
>>>>> Eddie
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>>>> Thanks for the reply..I have the boot enabled in the bios and I can run 
>>>> both dsl and puppy from the stick but no matter how I try I cannot get 
>>>> any other Linux to boot from the stick...
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I found that with a stick initially formatted to fat16, it would not 
>>> work with ubuntu (facility in 8.10 that is) It went perfectly or 
>>> seemed to, but  in the event, it would not boot.
>>>
>>> However, If I pre formatted the stick fat32, then went through the 
>>> process, it always worked. This was with two sticks, both failing and 
>>> then success, and with two machines, to eliminate machine type.
>>> It may be that the smaller distros are more careful to work with fat16 
>>> maybe?
>>>   
>>>       
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>   I have tried with the stick formatted ext2 ext3 fat32 etc but all fail..
>> I am currently d/loading yet another Ubi and then will try the manual method
>> again moving all the files by hand....
>>     
>
> Where is it failing? I've just tried on this on a 2GB USB stick
> formatted to fat32. I get the boot menu, but when I try to start the
> live system I end up in BusyBox! I've tried this on both my laptop and
> my home desktop, so I'm guessing it's a problem at the USB stick end.
>
> Any suggestions as where to go from here? Has anybody got this to work
> completely?
>
> Regards,
> Tony.
>   
    Well....
   I have followed to the letter both of the methods described om the 
pendrivelinux site
and both fail to boot..I get no error messages but the box just boots to 
the hdd..
I know the usb drive is ok as I can run dsl from it no problem..I even 
d/loaded another copy of Ubi to
be sure the .iso was ok..I also tried the ubuntu usb installer but that 
did not work either..
 Anyone know where I can buy a pre-loaded usb stick at non-inflated price ?

 Regards
   Ted Wager
     High Peak UK