mindwave Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 ok, I KNOW i have been through this in the past. senility and old age however prevent me from remembering the fix. modified toronto remastered it and from the CD works fine. but i just bought a new Sandisk 2GB Cruiser (with new U3 technology,whatver that is) wiped the usb, killed the mbr and attempted to install it to the USB. I partitioned the key w/ 1 partition FAT32 (no option for Fat16) tried with no 2nd partition and tried to create the 2nd part a 1.3gb EXT3 when i try and boot from the Key i get: "OPERATING SYSTEM LOADING ERROR" like i said i know there is a fix, i know its simple, i just cant remember. BTW, when i did the 1st partition creation through MCC it defaults to "\" and I backspace that out. any and all assistance is appreciated. thanks j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 (edited) Look here: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?s=&...st&p=316261 In your case, with this U3 software the sandisk has a broken partition table that you don't see in the MCC. Wipe it clean, as described in the above link. The short version: C. In some cases you need to overwrite a completely messed up partition table. Even and in particular on factory preformatted usb sticks. An example is the SanDisk Cruzer 2 GB. It has a sort hidden partition (?) which prevents the BIOS to recognize the stick as a boot device. When you try to boot you'll see a message like: 'no operating system found'. The fix is easy, tested and it works. Read on ... Example, your device is /dev/sdb: su dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=2 Be very carefully, that you don't specify an internal or external hard disk. You will erase the MBR, incl. the bootloader and the partition table. Now you can create a new partition and format it. In the input field where it asks for a mount point, empty it, no mount point, no / ! D. Run the 'Create Live USB' wizard. Edited June 27, 2007 by chris:b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindwave Posted June 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Aweseom, once again your a life saver. sad part is i JUST printed this out yesterday for my notes.... getting old is tough. thanjs all is well j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 getting old is tough. you tell me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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