[Solved]Thinkpad can't boot from live USB

[cozzykim]

Hi, my Thinkpad T41p has PCLOS 2009.2/XP dual boot, both working fine

I'm interested to try booting Minime 2009 from USB and I've tried both USB flashdrive and microSD with the same results.

I've read all I can and tried different ways to install on both media (using fixminime, makeliveUSB from LiveCD and from HDD install)

( BTW I have to add noscsi to all boot options as the T41 always hangs here)

I always get to the same problem as shown

Boot LiveUSB gets as far as:

Probing USB devices:   [LOADED]
                 [DONE] #in red
Error: No suitable media for the livecd content found
Workaround: Copy the content of the livecdfrom your boot device to an IDE/SATA disk

Dropping you to a limited shell
Loading /initrd/bin/ash

BusyBox v1.13.4 (time) built in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of.......etc.
/init/bin/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
$

Selecting Safe boot gives:

Probing USB devices:   [LOADED]
                 [DONE]
                                [OK]
Searching for the loop image
/dev/hdc
/dev/hda1
/dev/hda2
/dev/hda3
/dev/hda4
/dev/hda5
[DONE] in red

Error: Unable to mount the livecd

Dropping you to a limited shell
Loading /initrd/bin/ash

BusyBox v1.13.4 (time) built in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of.......etc.
/init/bin/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
$

I'd really like to find out why it doesn't work, I can boot the same USB device fine on my GFs Dell Inspiron 1525 even though I've read some reports of problems on Dell machines.

I can also boot DSL from a usb drive so it must be a Minime/Thinkpad compatibility problem?

Anyone?

TIA

Kim

[flux]

Look here and you will find a solution for your problem:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=58&topic=62766.0

flux.

[cozzykim]

Thanks flux,

booted up 1st time and now typing from liveusb

I'm interested, to learn more, what are the differences in your initrd?

Kim

[flux]

Read it in the posted link in reply #17 ...

flux.

[cozzykim]

Read it in the posted link in reply #17 ...

flux.

  Sorry, didn't see thread page 2

Thanx

[jamescbjr]

If this was solved, please explain how it was solved.  Thank You.

[dj_bridges]

flux - the link doesn't work so assume the original thread has been pulled. Any chance you could enlighten us with the solution?

Am trying to run the 2010 Beta, which runs fine from CD, but chokes when booting from USB...

[galileo]

Holy thread revival Batman I know but none of the links work and this problem has just bit me! Anyone got an updated link to the fix for this issue when booting from a USB stick?

[menotu]

Holy thread revival Batman I know but none of the links work and this problem has just bit me! Anyone got an updated link to the fix for this issue when booting from a USB stick?

Came across this one

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,83756.0.html

and

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,71026.0.html

[galileo]

Useful links, thank you. I suspect though that what is happening is that when the SATA drivers are loaded that drives are being reassigned and the USB stick is no longer on (HD0,0) though how to fix this I have no idea so I've waved the white flag after two hours of trying various things and trawling the net so resorting to using an old fashioned boot CD, I only needed to move my home partition, simple 10 minute job I thought!