Re: Unable to boot GuixSD USB stick

[良ϖ <p.de.boisset@gmail.com>]

Hi, thanks for you answer.

> Maybe one thing to try is calling 'sync' after the dd command that
> creates the image, to ensure everything is fully written, i.e.

Actually (see later emails) I've been able to manually boot the USB
stick. But why doesn't it work automatically on my machine? this is
weird ^^

> Do you know if this is a specific issue with the Guix installation
> image, or does it happen for other bootable USB media, too? Were you
> able to use other bootable images on the same USB stick in the past?

This stick + this laptop should run fine: I've put Ubuntu on the same
stick and it works fine.

On 10/04/2017, Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be> wrote:
> From: 良ϖ <p.de.boisset@gmail.com>
> Subject: Unable to boot GuixSD USB stick
> Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 18:46:18 +0000
>
>> However when I reboot the key isn't recognised by my laptop so I'm
>> unable to install it :'(
>>
>> Any ideas how I could solve that?
>
> Maybe one thing to try is calling 'sync' after the dd command that
> creates the image, to ensure everything is fully written, i.e.
>
> dd if=guixsd-usb-install-0.12.0.x86_64 of=/dev/sdX && sync
>
> (this has bitten me before)
>
> otherwise it's hard to tell from the information you've provided:
>
> Do you know if this is a specific issue with the Guix installation
> image, or does it happen for other bootable USB media, too? Were you
> able to use other bootable images on the same USB stick in the past?
>
> I've had issues with specific combinations of USB sticks and laptops
> in the past (though that was years ago).
>
> Thomas
>