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From: Peter on 27 Jun 2008 22:22 I've installed Centos 5.1 Linux to a USB drive and have set my laptop to boot from the USB port. When I select the USB Drive as the boot device it displays "No Boot Sector on USB Drive" then procedes to boot from my internal HD with WinXP. Does anyone know how I get a boot sector on my usb drive? I thought the linux installation would of placed one on it, it was also suppose to install the grub loader. Thanks, Pete
From: Bill Marcum on 28 Jun 2008 05:50 On 2008-06-28, Peter <petercritic(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I've installed Centos 5.1 Linux to a USB drive and have set my laptop > to boot from the USB port. When I select the USB Drive as the boot > device it displays "No Boot Sector on USB Drive" then procedes to boot > from my internal HD with WinXP. Does anyone know how I get a boot > sector on my usb drive? I thought the linux installation would of > placed one on it, it was also suppose to install the grub loader. > > Thanks, > Pete Assuming the USB drive is /dev/sda, did you install Centos on /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 ? What is the result of the command "sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda" ?
From: Peter on 28 Jun 2008 17:26 On Jun 28, 5:50 am, Bill Marcum <marcumb...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > Assuming the USB drive is /dev/sda, did you install Centos on /dev/sda > or /dev/sda1 ? What is the result of the command > "sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda" ? I'm trying to run that command but the only linux I have access to is the SystemRescue CD and the Centos Live CD. I'm not able to find fdisk but here is some information I found out when I ran gparted on the systemrescue cd. /dev/sdb2 / ext3 contains around 3.7 gigs of information /dev/sdb3 swap /dev/sdb1 ntfs contains my xp installation when I was running the centos live cd I was able to cd the contents of sdb2 so I know the installation did something. Ok I found fdisk at / mnt/disc/sda2/sbin/fdisk but when I try running your command it says sudo: fdisk: command not found Chris
From: Peter on 28 Jun 2008 17:31 On Jun 28, 5:50 am, Bill Marcum <marcumb...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > Assuming the USB drive is /dev/sda, did you install Centos on /dev/sda > or /dev/sda1 ? What is the result of the command > "sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda" ? I'm trying to run that command but the only linux I have access to is the SystemRescue CD and the Centos Live CD. I'm not able to find fdisk but here is some information I found out when I ran gparted on the systemrescue cd. /dev/sdb2 / ext3 contains around 3.7 gigs of information /dev/sdb3 swap /dev/sdb1 ntfs contains my xp installation when I was running the centos live cd I was able to cd the contents of sdb2 so I know the installation did something. Ok I found fdisk at / mnt/disc/sda2/sbin/fdisk but when I try running your command it says sudo: fdisk: command not found
From: Brandon McCombs on 29 Jun 2008 00:34
Peter wrote: > On Jun 28, 5:50 am, Bill Marcum <marcumb...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Assuming the USB drive is /dev/sda, did you install Centos on /dev/sda >> or /dev/sda1 ? What is the result of the command >> "sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda" ? > > I'm trying to run that command but the only linux I have access to is > the SystemRescue CD and the Centos Live CD. I'm not able to find > fdisk but here is some information I found out when I ran gparted on > the systemrescue cd. > > /dev/sdb2 / ext3 contains around 3.7 gigs of > information > /dev/sdb3 swap > /dev/sdb1 ntfs contains my xp installation > > when I was running the centos live cd I was able to cd the contents of > sdb2 so I know the installation did something. Ok I found fdisk at / > mnt/disc/sda2/sbin/fdisk but when I try running your command it says > sudo: fdisk: command not found > > Chris > > > /mnt/disc/sda2/sbin/ isn't in your path so to run that instance of fdisk you have to type '/mnt/disc/sda2/sbin/fdisk' instead of just 'fdisk'. |