[SoaS] ilxo sticks...

[Sameer Verma]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > We have a bunch of switchblade-style 'I love my XO" USB sticks, which I
> > converted to SoaS Blueberry using USB Creator on Windows. The sticks
> refuse
> > to boot. All I get is boot error. The sticks were originally FAT 16, so I
> > tried reformatting these with FAT 32, but still no luck. Any clues?
>
> One thing to test would be to see if you can boot a standard Fedora 12
> image, which is also available on the LiveUSB Creator on Windows. If
> Fedora 12 image boots, then the problem is probably with the SoaS
> image.


OK. I'll try F12.


> If it doesn't boot, the problem is probably with either the
> sticks, the formating, or the hardware you are testing on. (What
> hardware are you testing on?


Thinkpad X300.


> Have you successfully booted another
> LiveUSB on that hardware?)
>
>
Yes, SoaS on a Sandisk using the same image booted on the same thinkpad, but
two ilxo 2 GB stick did not. I get "boot error"

cheers,
Sameer

regards.
>
> -walter
>
> > cheers,
> > Sameer
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