[OSGeoLive] problem with bootable usb stick creation via dd

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello Angelos,

it is 0.3.3 version on Bionic

Astrid

Am 16.08.2018 14:26 schrieb Angelos Tzotsos:
> Thanks for reporting Astrid.
> Can you please provide the usbcreator version you use? Is it from
> Bionic or from previous Ubuntu version?
> 
> Best,
> Angelos
> 
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 3:20 PM Astrid Emde (OSGeo)
> <astrid_emde at osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I am preparing the USB-Stick production and Philipp (my collegue)
>> and I
>> tried it with the beta3 iso.
>> We wanted to work on a solution with dd to be able to make mass
>> production with 10 port usb3 hubs (Alex and I will bring them to
>> Dar).
>> 
>> But at the moemnt we failed. Sticks are not bootable.
>> 
>> This was our workflow:
>> 
>> # 1. create img from a stick that was created with the usbcreator
>> (usb-creator-gtk)
>> sudo dd if=/dev/sdd
>> of=~/Dokumente/Schulungssticks/usbiso/osgeo12beta3.img bs=8M &&
>> sync
>> 
>> # then 2.
>> sudo dd if=~/Dokumente/Schulungssticks/usbiso/osgeo12beta3.img
>> of=/dev/sdd bs=8M status=progress; sync
>> 
>> But the problem is, that only one pratition will be created (only
>> the
>> data partition and not the efi partition) - all 16 GB. And then the
>> stick does not boot.
>> 
>> * does not boot with uefi mode
>> * does not boot with legacy mode
>> 
>> I send 2 screenshots
>> * result_from_usbcreator_partition_good_bootable
>> https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCH6SEE7gH [1]
>> * result_from_dd_only_one_partition_not_bootable
>> https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCg53WPHj7 [2]
>> 
>> If we do not find a solution with dd we can always use the
>> usb-creator-gtk to create the sticks.
>> 
>> Any idea for a solution?
>> 
>> Astrid
>> 
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>> 
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>> Astrid Emde
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>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/ [3]
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> 
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> 
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
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> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos [5]
> 
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> [1] https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCH6SEE7gH
> [2] https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCg53WPHj7
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