Re: Cannot run from live USB on laptop

[Ram <rama@snail.org.uk>]

Greetings,

Whats is small zero fill?

Erasing with 'dd if=/dev/null ...' ?

if so, then
if the purpose is to erase the mbr then end with '... bs=512 count=1'
if the purpose is to erase the first MiB give    '... bs=512 count=2048'

From the output device ('...of=/dev/xxx ...') be sure of what is being 
erased where and why.

Regards,

Ram

On 15/02/2015 02:09, Richard Nelson wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Jędrzej Dąbrowa <nachteil@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I wanted to install debian from a live usb. I downloaded four .iso
> > debian-live-7.8.0-amd64 images, with KDE, GNOME, xfce and lxde and 
> > copied
> > them (one at once) on my flash drive, using
> Can you provide the url you downloaded from?
>
>
>
> > cp image.iso /dev/sdX
> > sync
> I always use dd.
>
>
>
> > When I boot from the USB I get the welcome screen, where I can choose 
> > to
> > try debian live, do the same in fail-safe mode, install etc. Whatever 
> > I
> > choose, the next thing I see a screen telling me to choose language, 
> > keymap
> > etc., and then  GParted screen shows up (even when I just want to run 
> > live
> > session). At this point mouse and and keyboard stop working (both 
> > laptop
> > built-ins and external usb ones), I wanted to enter the console using
> > ctrl+alt+f1, but with no effect. The only thing I can do is to reboot. 
> > This
> > happens on my Asus laptop and with every live image I downloaded. I 
> > cannot
> > investigate any further, as I any action I take causes no effect.
> _If_ you are ok with losing all data on the device (did you read the 
> part
> about losing all data on drive?) , then you _could_ _consider_ (this is
> your choice, and only your choice) doing a small zero fill on the 
> drive.
> This _should_ eliminate anything that contributing to the list of 
> things
> causing issue. WARNING: Did you read the part about losing all data on
> drive?
>
> I tried the same usb stick on a different machine, a desktop PC, and 
> when I
> > chose "run live" a debian desktop showed up and it was fully 
> > functional.
> This would _imply_ that the key is ok.
>
>
>
> > What may be the cause and what can I do to be able to run debian live 
> > and
> > install it?
> See above and _read_ WARNING!!!
>
>
> > Thanks and regards,
> > Jed
>
> Hope this information assists and please report back on your outcome.