Non Removable USB Disks
September 30th, 2009I downloaded Ubuntu NBR to install on an Acer Aspire One.
On a side note why the hell is there no download link direct from the main page, it takes 3 more pages to find the download link. It’s almost as though they don’t want you to use it!
Anyway after downloading the ISO file I also downloaded the Imagewriter for Windows to copy the ISO file to my USB disk. At this point I realised that the disk is not recognised as a removable device and so the tool does not ‘see’ it.
Next I tried the Fedora Live USB Creator but that has exactly the same problem. Finally I tired a different computer but with the same results.
After reading this bug report for Ubuntu Imagewriter it seems to be some issue with certain USB disks where they are not ‘seen’ by the OS as removable disks. Even though my disk does show the “Safely Remove Hardware” list it still doesn’t work.
I’ll try from within Linux next to see if that solves the problem.
Edit: I just tried a different key and it works perfectly. I’d be interested to know how to set Windows (XP SP3) to see a disk as either removable or fixed.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Have you tried Moblin 2.1? I am trying it out in Virtualbox on windows host but haven’t been able to get it working? Would love to know your experience with it.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
It doesn’t work for me either. It installed OK but on booting just hangs at the splash screen.