[Cialug] USB flash drive not bootable

Thu Jul 31 13:48:05 CDT 2014

Rob,

Thanks for the reminder.  I have moved on and used another drive to
accomplish what I wanted.  However, this is now more about learning the
nitty gritty details of Linux, flash, MBR, partitioning, etc so I can push
the edge of my knowledge out a bit further.

Scott Burklund

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>    1. Re: Switching to clang 3.4 on PCBSD (Brian Wood)
>    2. Re: Switching to clang 3.4 on PCBSD (Nicolai)
>    3. USB flash drive not bootable (Scott Burklund)
>    4. Re: USB flash drive not bootable (Rob Cook)
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> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:18:03 -0500
> From: Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com>
> To: cialug at cialug.org
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Switching to clang 3.4 on PCBSD
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> > Assuming the PC-BSD ports system works like FreeBSD's, you should be
> > able to
> >
> > cd /usr/ports/devel/llvm34
> > make install clean
> >
> > to install clang 3.4.
>
> I just tried that.  Below is the end of the output of make install.
> After that I checked the version of clang and it still says 3.3.
> Maybe it will change after rebooting?
>
> ===>  Installing for llvm34-3.4_1
> ===>  Checking if devel/llvm34 already installed
> ===>   Registering installation for llvm34-3.4_1
> Installing llvm34-3.4_1... done
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> [brian at pcbsd-still] /usr/ports/devel/llvm34# cc -v
> FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610
> Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd10.0
> Thread model: posix
>
> [brian at pcbsd-still] /usr/ports/devel/llvm34# clang -v
> FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610
> Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd10.0
> Thread model: posix
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:01:15 -0500
> From: Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Switching to clang 3.4 on PCBSD
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> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 02:18:03PM -0500, Brian Wood wrote:
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> > I just tried that.  Below is the end of the output of make install.
> > After that I checked the version of clang and it still says 3.3.
>
> Try looking for clang under /usr/local/bin.
>
> Nicolai
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:23:44 -0500
> From: Scott Burklund <wdmtrader at gmail.com>
> To: cialug at cialug.org
> Subject: [Cialug] USB flash drive not bootable
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> I have a Sandisk Cruzer Fit, 16 GB flash drive that recently I was able to
> boot a Linux distro from.  I tried making it a multi boot drive using
> xbootvs1.0beta14, YUMI-2.0.0.5, and Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.3.  It
> appears to work each time, but when I try booting I get "missing operating
> system" error.  Using the same programs and computer but a different flash
> drive the process is successful and I can boot it on several different
> laptops.
>
> I have tried formatting it many times with Windows and Linux, both quick
> and complete formats.  It is formatted Fat32.  I can read/write files to it
> each time.
>
> I suspect I have a corrupted MBR or partition table.  However, I am at the
> edge of my knowledge on the subject.  How can I fix this so I can use it as
> a multi-boot drive?  I have access to both Win 7 and Linux computers.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> Scott Burklund
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:47:24 -0500
> From: Rob Cook <rdjcook at gmail.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] USB flash drive not bootable
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> While this doesn't solve the problem and probably isn't the answer you want
> to hear, given the cost, just replace it. You've already proved that your
> method works so it's not the software. It's not worth trying to make
> something that is pretty obviously failing work. Use it as temp sneaker net
> and get something else.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Scott Burklund <wdmtrader at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a Sandisk Cruzer Fit, 16 GB flash drive that recently I was able
> to
> > boot a Linux distro from.  I tried making it a multi boot drive using
> > xbootvs1.0beta14, YUMI-2.0.0.5, and Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.3.  It
> > appears to work each time, but when I try booting I get "missing
> operating
> > system" error.  Using the same programs and computer but a different
> flash
> > drive the process is successful and I can boot it on several different
> > laptops.
> >
> > I have tried formatting it many times with Windows and Linux, both quick
> > and complete formats.  It is formatted Fat32.  I can read/write files to
> it
> > each time.
> >
> > I suspect I have a corrupted MBR or partition table.  However, I am at
> the
> > edge of my knowledge on the subject.  How can I fix this so I can use it
> as
> > a multi-boot drive?  I have access to both Win 7 and Linux computers.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help.
> >
> > Scott Burklund
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