de Kameel

Lorenzo Sandini wrote:

> This won't help you much, but I have stumbled on a website with several
> people reporting problems with 2GB Kingston Data Traveler flashdrives
> showing the same behaviour. I have problems with a Kingston 4 GB, what
> are you using ?

On my Fujitsu Siemens laptop, a 2 GB Kingston Data Traveller (white with
green) and an old 16 MB noname USB stick worked good. My new, expensive 4
GB USB stick (can't find a brand name right now, it could be a Dane-Elec
4GB) didn't; I needed to remove it's *exclusion* in the BIOS.

BTW: with the USB key plugged in, lsusb shows "ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000" as the only device, so that's probably my
USB stick.

de Kameel


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Lorenzo Sandini

de Kameel wrote:
> De Kameel wrote:
>
>> I followed that procedure with another USB-stick (16MB!), boot(ed) from
>> the USB-stick and both computers (2-year old laptop, brandnew desktop)
>> showed the PenDriveLinux-screen and then memtest86. Good!
>>
>> Back to the 4GB USB-stick with pendrive-Ubuntu on it:
>> The laptop does see something, and says something about CBDebian or so,
>> but almost immedeatly says something like "could not find image: linux"
>> The desktop does not boot at all from the 4GB pendrive-Ubuntu.
>>
>> So something (with the MBR?) is wrong on the 4GB USB-stick. Please tips
>> how to detect what's the problem, or how to do a workaround.
>
> Problem solved by excluding the specific USB key from the ... excluded USB
> keys settings. :-(
>
> Strange: the Fujitsu Siemens laptop did boot from USB key #1, but not from
> USB key #2. I thought that something was wrong with the (stuff on the) USB
> key. Not so: Apparantly the USB keys were seen differently by the BIOS.
>
> Anyway: deep down in the BIOS, with the unsuccesful USB key plugged in, I
> removed this:
>
> Excluded from boot order "usb hdd: USB Flash Memory-(USB 2.0"
>
> And now it works: I'm typing this from my persistent Ubuntu on a USB
> stick. :-)
>
> de Kameel
>
Glad you got it working. Unfortunately my problem is not BIOS specific.
I tried to make the same persistent install on that stick using 3
different computers (2 laptops and one desktop), and I always end up
with the same problem : partition mounting doesn't work on the second
boot from the USB stick, while all partitions seem normal when I boot
from CD, and plug it the "faulty" stick.

I noticed when booting from the stick that after unionfs and squashfs
are loaded, I get a message about the ext2 file system on partition 1. I
should run some file system checker... I tried it but it crashed telling
me the fs was not supported.

Heck, when booting from CD all the partitions on the USB stick are
accessible and work fine

I wonder if putting a different bootloader on the MBR would make a
difference. Suggestions ?

Lorenzo

cheason

hi, Lorenzo
Have you solved your problem? I have met the same problem as you. My USB stick is 4GB Kingston DataTraveler.
I follow the steps of web: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09...ibbon-install/
to install gutsy gibbon on my USB stick and try many times.

(1). every first time after installing, I boot from persistent mode, everything works well, even I did nothing in x-window, and then reboot to persistent mode again, It hangs in the process of booting.

(2). boot from liveCD mode, it works well.

(3). in liveCD mode, delete all files in partition labled "casper-rw", and reboot to persistent mode, and it back to question (1): it works well and hangs when reboot.

can anybody can help me?

cheason

>>>>>>>
Glad you got it working. Unfortunately my problem is not BIOS specific.
I tried to make the same persistent install on that stick using 3
different computers (2 laptops and one desktop), and I always end up
with the same problem : partition mounting doesn't work on the second
boot from the USB stick, while all partitions seem normal when I boot
from CD, and plug it the "faulty" stick.

I noticed when booting from the stick that after unionfs and squashfs
are loaded, I get a message about the ext2 file system on partition 1. I
should run some file system checker... I tried it but it crashed telling
me the fs was not supported.

Heck, when booting from CD all the partitions on the USB stick are
accessible and work fine

I wonder if putting a different bootloader on the MBR would make a
difference. Suggestions ?

Lorenzo