On 10/17/2016 06:29 AM, fsmithred wrote:
> On 10/16/2016 11:05 PM, Robert Storey wrote:
>>
>> In order to install, he downloaded file(s):
>>
>> devuan_jessie_1.0.0-beta_i386_CD.iso
>>
>> and
>>
>> devuan_jessie_1.0.0-beta_i386_NETINST.iso
>>
>> Installed to a usb stick as follows:
>>
>> dd if=devuan_jessie_1.0.0-beta_i386_CD.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
>> sync
>>
>> But neither machine will boot either of these installed ISO files,
>
>
> The Devuan isos are already isohybrid, and they boot from usb here. I
> don't know why the Refracta isos work for you but the Devuan don't.
>
> Here's the xorriso command used to make the Refracta isos. I don't know
> what Devuan uses.
>

>     xorriso -as mkisofs -r -J -joliet-long -l \
> -isohybrid-mbr /path/to/isohdpfx.bin \
>     -partition_offset 16 -V "snapshot-live-cd"  -b isolinux/isolinux.bin
> -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
>     -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -eltorito-alt-boot \
> -e boot/grub/efiboot.img -isohybrid-gpt-basdat -no-emul-boot \
> -o "$snapshot_dir"/"$filename" iso/

>
>
> -fsr
>

Correction: The i386 Refracta iso was made without the uefi options and
looks like this:

     xorriso -as mkisofs -r -J -joliet-long -l \
 -isohybrid-mbr /path/to/isohdpfx.bin \
     -partition_offset 16 -V "snapshot-live-cd"  -b isolinux/isolinux.bin
 -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
     -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
 -o "$snapshot_dir"/"$filename" iso/

Robert,

When you say it won't boot, what actually happens? Do you get as far as
the boot menu? Does it start to load the kernel? If you can get past the
boot menu at all, then press TAB at the boot menu and remove 'quiet' from
the command. Maybe it will give some useful information on screen.

-fsmithred