On Wednesday 04 January 2023 at 15:10:30, Fred wrote:

> The output of /sbin/fdisk -l, above, shows it to be empty so I didn't
> try to look at it.

It does also say that it is 372Mbytes in size, though, compared to /dev/sdb2
which is 736kbytes.

> However, it does have lots of files including one called boot.
>
> So, we are back to square 1. The usb stick should be a valid boot
> device but the mini-pc doesn't like what it sees there.

https://www.linuxlinks.com/hp-elitedesk-800-g2-mini-desktop-pc-linux/3/

suggests that this thing can definitely boot a USB stick (albeit a different
distro).


Antony.

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