Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??
On Wednesday 03 April 2013 21:54:27 Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:00 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:
> Dear List -
>
>
> Back from vacation.
>
> HEADACHES!!
>
> I formatted the usb stick as FAT16 loaded the DOS OS and the Bios update.
>
> The laptop would not boot from the stick. Set the boot parameters to
> boot from the usb stick. Computer freezes. Noticed that the laptop
> recognizes the usb stick at FAT32.
>
> Formatted the usb stick and loaded the DOS OS.
>
>
> fdisk -l
>
> <snip>
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 * 32 63487 31728 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
>
>
> The directory /media/usbstick exists.
>
> Can not create the directory for the bios.
>
> rosenberg:/# mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> rosenberg:/# mount -t e /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick
> mount: unknown filesystem type 'e'
> rosenberg:/# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
> missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> dmesg | tail or so
>
>
> If you need more information, please tell me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ethan
I'm confused about why the usb stick isn't mounted automatically. Most
are. However the partition type and the file system are two different
things.
I'm not sure that the file system is actually correct. Did you format it
using mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sdb1 or did you use some other command?
On Wednesday 03 April 2013 21:54:27 Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:00 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:
> Dear List -
>
>
> Back from vacation.
>
> HEADACHES!!
>
> I formatted the usb stick as FAT16 loaded the DOS OS and the Bios update.
>
> The laptop would not boot from the stick. Set the boot parameters to
> boot from the usb stick. Computer freezes. Noticed that the laptop
> recognizes the usb stick at FAT32.
>
> Formatted the usb stick and loaded the DOS OS.
>
>
> fdisk -l
>
> <snip>
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 * 32 63487 31728 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
>
>
> The directory /media/usbstick exists.
>
> Can not create the directory for the bios.
>
> rosenberg:/# mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> rosenberg:/# mount -t e /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick
> mount: unknown filesystem type 'e'
> rosenberg:/# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
> missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> dmesg | tail or so
>
>
> If you need more information, please tell me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ethan
I'm confused about why the usb stick isn't mounted automatically. Most
are. However the partition type and the file system are two different
things.
I'm not sure that the file system is actually correct. Did you format it
using mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sdb1 or did you use some other command?
Once is it correctly formatted, you should have no trouble mounting it.
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Gary -
BEAUTIFUL!!
Corrected file system, installed bios update program, booted other
laptop from usb stick, updated bioos......
Crying!!!
Problem still persists!!!
Still crying.
Are you sure that the USB stick is not faulty? Have you tried with a
different USB stick or tried a flavor of Linux on this one?
Lisi
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Lisi -
Thanks.
The usb stick is OK. The laptop I was trying to fix recognized it. I
used it to upgrade the bios.
The problem is that the problem w/ power management still persists.
Ethan
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