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Post #401,603
by scoenye
5/8/15 10:52:17 AM
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New The catch is USB booting
I have not tried this on a recent server, but PCs are getting problematic, even if you exclude the UEFI issue.

The PartedMagic Live Linux on a stick was my choice for diagnostic work. That worked well on PCs that are now 5-10 years old but it has become pretty much useless on newer equipment regardless of the OEM. I'm back to using CDs :-/
Post #401,607
by Another Scott
5/8/15 11:06:02 AM
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New Really? That's weird and unfortunate.
I haven't tried it myself.

I just recently got a refurbished 13" MBP to upgrade J's old 13" black MacBook. Along the way I saw notice about creating a USB-bootable installer for Yosemite, but my feeble attempts at getting it working weren't sufficient. It turns out I didn't need it (of course, I don't remember the details), but I thought that PCs wouldn't have any issues like that these days.

They really are continuing down the road toward making these things unfixable, aren't they? :-/

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #401,647
by scoenye
5/9/15 4:44:39 PM
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New Sadly so
I mostly deal with HP and Dell. Dells tend to not recognize the device is bootable (i.e. it shows in the boot menu, but when selected, the PC boots off the HDD anyway). The HPs will kick off the boot process but then fail to launch the kernel proper. Some will boot off a USB CD/DVD drive so it appears to be an issue properly recognizing USB mass storage devices.
Post #401,734
by jake123
5/13/15 7:36:24 AM
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New FWIW, I installed ubuntu on this 16 month old Samsung laptop
using a usb stick. Worked fine.

Maybe stay away from US manufacturers?
Post #401,752
by scoenye
5/14/15 7:47:14 AM
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New You may be on to something there ;-)
     Debian Wheezy - (Andrew Grygus) - (17) - May 6, 2015, 11:13:33 PM EDT
         Physical media is so last century -NT - (drook) - (11) - May 7, 2015, 12:52:27 AM EDT
             Well, I'm just so last century. - (Andrew Grygus) - (10) - May 7, 2015, 01:58:36 AM EDT
                 Quality service is so last century -NT - (drook) - May 7, 2015, 03:42:03 AM EDT
                 8 GB USB Flash Drives? - (Another Scott) - (8) - May 7, 2015, 07:14:04 AM EDT
                     Re: 8 GB USB Flash Drives? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - May 7, 2015, 11:19:20 AM EDT
                         Dunno. Chicken and egg thing I guess. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 7, 2015, 11:39:15 AM EDT
                             Yes, I've thought of that. - (Andrew Grygus) - May 7, 2015, 11:55:14 AM EDT
                     The catch is USB booting - (scoenye) - (4) - May 8, 2015, 10:52:17 AM EDT
                         Really? That's weird and unfortunate. - (Another Scott) - (3) - May 8, 2015, 11:06:02 AM EDT
                             Sadly so - (scoenye) - (2) - May 9, 2015, 04:44:39 PM EDT
                                 FWIW, I installed ubuntu on this 16 month old Samsung laptop - (jake123) - (1) - May 13, 2015, 07:36:24 AM EDT
                                     You may be on to something there ;-) -NT - (scoenye) - May 14, 2015, 07:47:14 AM EDT
         Latest and greatest? Wheezy is retired. - (scoenye) - (1) - May 7, 2015, 08:49:45 AM EDT
             Fortunately, my clients haven't heard of Jessie. - (Andrew Grygus) - May 7, 2015, 10:52:16 AM EDT
         Re: Debian Wheezy - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 7, 2015, 10:11:40 AM EDT
             maybe because it is the hyperv that is controlling the hardware directly -NT - (boxley) - May 7, 2015, 10:54:50 AM EDT
             Why recompile? - (Andrew Grygus) - May 7, 2015, 11:06:08 AM EDT

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