USB booting :: Cloop and I/O errors
So I finally managed to get dsl 0.8.2 installed and booting on a scancruzer 256mb usb key.
I tried the frugal method and that never worked. I just couldn't get past the stupid sector error.
I got it to work with the HP utility and through windows.
My bios will boot off the stick and get as far as re-scanning the usb devices.
After that I briefly get to see an insmod error (something about input) and then a mess of Cloop Read Errors. Bytes lost and all that stuff.
It nevers gets into a GUI, just leaves me at the command line. I can see the directory structure. I remember seeing errors about not being able to read from the KNOPPIX file in /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX.
Thought it might be a bad image but I checked the checksum and re-did it several times always with the same result. This also happened when I tried Feather Linux.
Any suggestions?
Not knowing how familiar you are with USB devices and Linux,
this may sound stupid, but it happened to me once.
When I copied data and files to my USBKey, what I didn't know
at the time was that the writes are very buffered.
Once I saw the prompt return to me, I thought I was finished...
The process being similar in timeframe/speed to a HD write...
Actually, It takes several minutes to cache and write large files..
So I ended up pulling out the USBKey before ALL the cache had been written..
Make sure you umount the key before you pull it.
It may take several minutes before the key is actually umounted.
73
ke4nt
Hmmm... I suppose that could be possible. I did this in Windows and then rebooted. I never "safely removed" the usb key. I will try that I guess and just give it lots of time. Thanks for the advice.
Has anyone else ever even heard of these errors?
That didn't help any.
What do these cloop errors mean anyways?
Anybody have any ideas?
I only see cloop errors when...
1. Ran out of memory
2. Errors in reading the compressed filesystem /KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX
3. Errors in your downloaded .iso file.
73
ke4nt
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