[ubuntu-studio-devel] Call for Final Beta Testing

[lukefromdc at hushmail.com]

Some "hybrid UEFI" boards are really picky about what they will boot from! I've got one
that can boot UDB sticks but usually rejects the CD or DVD drive no matter what is on
the disk, and also rejects some older USB images that work in other machines.

Before condemning the motherboard, put a hard drive from a known good Linux
system on it and see if it will boot. This trick works only with Linux and not with
Windows due to Windows both being a microkernel and having corporate checks against
changing machines.

On 9/26/2015 at 2:52 PM, "Grant Frank Burton" <bbbabynet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I think it's the motherboard because.... I can start two other 
>computers
>with the iso-USB stick and with the live-dvd in a usb-dvd-drive.
>I tried ubuntu 12, 14, ubuntustudio 14, 15 and windows. It's not 
>possible
>to boot this system via the usb port and I tried all six ports.
>
>Also sometimes the computer restarts when I plug things in to the 
>usb
>
>So first I'll try to re-seat the motherboard in the case. If that 
>don't
>work I flash it. if that don't work I'll replace it
>
>Grant
>
>
>On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Mike Holstein 
><mikeh789 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Grant Frank Burton 
><bbbabynet at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> There's something wrong with my motherboard usb ports. I tried 
>several
>>> zip drives and a usb-dvd... none worked. Connected a sata dvd 
>and it
>>> installed but..... I couldn't connect to the internet during 
>the install
>>> and the option to upgrade 14 was unavailable.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> i assume by "zip drive" you mean, USB stick? portable USB stick? 
>i would
>> test that independently from the iso's, and dont assume the 
>motherboard is
>> broken, if the USB drives are not booting.. you could just be 
>making them
>> incorrectly..
>>
>>
>>> Going to flash the bios and try again... if it don't work I'll 
>have to
>>> wait till Monday to get another motherboard.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> 
>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 26 Sep 2015, Grant Frank Burton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I use a terminal and zsync
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/20150924/wily-dvd-
>amd64.iso.zsync
>>>>> I'm downloading the whole iso now..... will let you know what 
>happened
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think the question is what tool are you using to print the 
>ISO to a
>>>> USB stick. The Startup Disk Creator probably will not work. I 
>use dd.
>>>> For example:
>>>> dd if=some.iso of=/dev/sdd
>>>>
>>>> Where sdd is the mounted USB stick as found at the end of 
>dmesg just
>>>> after plugging the stick in.
>>>>
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