Recovering a usb stick after installation

hi all,
i did an usb installation of arch 64 and now would like to have my stick back .
I cannot mount it neither in vista nor linux. I tried this:
http://www.bytetrap.com/blog/2009/04/13 … rch-linux/
but fdisk complained
I then did mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1 as said on the website and then I can only acces 160mb of my 4 gig stick.
Any solutions?
I did the install of the img on the usb stick like posted on the wiki:
dd bs=8M if=image.img of=/dev/sd[x]
edit: it was fdisk that was complaining not fsck
Last edited by rubend (2009-05-01 18:00:30)

Using windows is probably not necessary. Saying fdisk complained without providing details is wasting everyone's time. As we say in #archlinux:
Post the exact, verbatim error message. Paraphrasing, reciting from memory, or otherwise being vague will earn you a swift boot to the head.

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Making a Windows 7 Installation USB Stick

This is a discussion of making a bootable Windows 7 Installation USB-stick Media. It might apply to making other USB connected "Disks" like Smartcards bootable too.
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2. use bootsect.exe from Windows Disk to create the MBR and Partition Boot Record for that Partition
3. Copy all files from the Disk to said Partition
4. Test if it boots
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Step 1 is so simple I doubt it needs explanations. Create enough free space on the USB disk (at worst delete all previous Partitions). Make a Priamry Partition of 4+ GiB. Mark it as Active. Format it in FAT32. The Guide used Diskpart,
but this step can be done with any Partition Tool under any Windows, Linux, UNIX or DOS.
While the choice of FAT32 seems a bit outdated, theye propably did not gave the relevant bootlaoder the ability to read NTFS. Or maybe they just though FAT32 is enough for a media that is mostly read. I have not tried what happens if I format it in NTFS, but
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Step 2 was the only tricky part. You need the programm "boot\bootsect.exe" from the Installation Media. It also must be run on a non-UEFI booted OS (otherwise it cancels out).
I had a Windows 8 on a new Laptop so I had a UEFI booted system. Luckily I also had a VMWare Windows 7 lying around. I just assigned the Windows 7 ISO image to the Windows 7 VM, then connected the USB drive to the host.
Once you have the USB stick in a a proper Windows mount the Parttion you created under 1 under any driveletter (should happen automatically under Windows), and open a console as Administrator (asumes DVD is drivletter is D: and the USB stick's partition
ins Driveletter E:):
//Go into the boot directory on the Install DVD
D:
cd boot
//You should see a command promt like "D:\BOOT>"
//Run bootsect.exe
bootsect.exe /nt60 d:
Step 3 is to either copy the contents of the DVD media (copy and paste) or the Image (Mount into Virtual DVD Drive and copy/paste, unpack ISO images contents) into the partition.
How does this compare to other Distribution ways?
To DVD:
There is no need for a DVD drive. Even if a bootable USB-DVD drive is avalible, the Stick or Card will only need only USB port (most USB drives need 2 Ports due the 1 Ampere energy need of the drives).
Flash Media has no seek times and much better throughput (the old weakpoint of any Disk and DVD/CD in particular)
A FAT32 partition is inherently writeable. So modifications to the "Installation media" like Implementing Service Packs and other Windwos Updates, Modifying ei.cfg/preactivation/setup answer files, implementing special Disk/RAID drivers into the Windows
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Since it only needs a 4 GiB partition, on a big USB stick there would still be place for other Data Partitions
Since it relies on old techniques (Generic Bootloader + Active Primary Partition + partition boot loader), multiple Installation media on a big enough stick might be feasible (with a more advanced bootloader like GRUB). Have to test that part.
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To PXE/network Distrubution:
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The PXE way also has even better modifyability - sending out different answer files or even automatically booting different images based on the Compuers MAC adress are tried techniques.
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Need to check if using a advanced boot manager techniques (like Grub or modifciations to the BCD of the Windows PE) allows me to put multiple install media on one Stick (with one primary partition per "media"). Especially combining the x32/x86 and
x64 Windows Installation Media would be worthwhile. As would be inlcuding a Window 8 or Vista installation media.
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completed).
Starting with 3.0 Windows PE is based on the kernel of Windows 7. So the instlaltion system might have the ability to boot from .VHD too and might have no such check in place. If so, I could put both versions of the Windows 7 installer into .VHD, reducing the
need to have physical primary partitions for those.
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The BIOS goes over all the boot media. If it finds one with a MBR, that one is executed and the BIOS part of the boot process is officially over.
-> Under Windows the MBR contains the "generic boot loader". A simple piece of code as old as BIOS (25 Years) that looks for the primary partition with "Active" Flag on "it's" disk. If it finds one, the Partition Boot Record of that parition is executed.
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I want my 2G usb stick install a archlinux.
It is very difficult to install a workable GUI interface with just 2G bytes.
Finally, I succeed by choosing minimal package set carefully.
I only left a few M bytes space.
When I 'pacman -Syu', my file system full.
My question is:
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2. How can I recover it?

In fact, I've two USB stick, the cache directory has already moved to another USB stick.
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I want to install arch using grub4dos without any partitions and iso-writing. Just put iso on usb-stick, make some magic with grub4dos and install arch.
So, Now I can boot arch iso, but my boot from this iso crush.
Grub:
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /arch.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)
this code works fine, arch.iso booting fine, that it loads kernel, but can't find device "boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds" because it search for disk-by-label=ARCH-BLABLA, but my usb-stick has FLASH label
I have tried to boot using kernel and initrd commands in grub, without loading arch boot menu - nothing works.
I have tried to change label, in arch boot menu I pressed tab, then change archlabel to FLASH (my usb-stick label), but it still can't find device.
Any ideas?
Last edited by satanalin (2012-03-04 15:14:51)

Since grub4dos is still used for this purpose, and since this topic turns up on google as a first hit for some very generic search terms, I'll add an easy solution.
Arch can easily be booted via it's installation ISO using the OP's method, with a small prior to the initramfs mounting it's filesystems.
after using
map --mem (hd?,?)/path/to/arch.iso (0xff)
map --hook
chainloader (0xff)
boot
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Upon selecting your architecture, isolinux begins the system's transition from real mode to protected mode.
It loads the kernel and initrd correctly from memory back to memory, however once the kernel is bootstrapped, the iso in memory is lost.
The mount's fail because the iso isn't designed to boot via grub4dos memory mapping.
You are however dropped to a rescue shell.
You can now mount the filesystem of the usb that the iso is contained within, and copy it back to memory, and with either a loopback mount or a symlink, you're good to go.
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mount /dev/sd?? /usb
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cp /usb/path/to/arch.iso /dev/arch.iso
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umount /usb;rmdir /usb
# either of these methods works for me.
losetup -f /dev/arch.iso
# or
ln -s /dev/arch.iso /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_?????? # being the date on the iso label
# You could also just copy the iso into the /dev/disk/by-label directory with the label as the file name "ARCH_??????"
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exit # or [ctrl] + [d]
exit # or [ctrl] + [d]
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How to recover notebook with Recovery DVD's instead of USB-stick?

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Greetings,
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I swear, I've been trying so many times now that I have a headache. My girlfriend too because of all my ranting.
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Last edited by arkindal (2013-08-13 23:13:11)

Hi,
this is basically what I followed and it worked for me:
make an archlinux uefi usb stick (it's a bit different than a normal one). Use a live ubuntu cd or something, so you don't have to use windows:
#format your usb key on /dev/sdXY to fat32 (replace XY with the right device, in the following code too)
sudo su
wget http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/iso/2013.08.01/archlinux-2013.08.01-dual.iso
mkdir -p /mnt/{usb,iso}
mount -o loop archlinux-2013.08.01-dual.iso /mnt/iso
awk 'BEGIN {FS="="} /archisolabel/ {print $3}' /mnt/iso/loader/entries/archiso-x86_64.conf | xargs mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sdXY -n
mount /dev/sdXY /mnt/usb
cp -a /mnt/iso/* /mnt/usb
sync
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pacstrap /mnt base base-devel zsh
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I had problems a few times if i copy pasted all these lines at once, so now i copy paste them one at a time, (I know it should not make a difference but still, sometimes it didn't work)
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grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=arch_grub --recheck --debug
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Can't boot Arch for installation. USB stick issue.

I got stuck. I tried to install arch on my dekstop, but booting Arch from USB stick freezes in same point, after running hooks. I tried with two usb sticks, new iso etc. Ubuntu was installed before without any problem from the same stick.
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Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201108 ...
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ata_id[12376]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument

Problem is sovled, but the solution is really courious.
In fact, there was no issue with usb stick. Display freezes on first showed lines and does not follow the rest. Arch booted successfully but I cannot notice that, because I still see first lines (messages from first post were just warnings). Switching FullHD, 16:9 monitor to old 3:4 display solved the problem.
It's really strange. Should I report it somewhere?
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2) to install LR2 onto USB drive and run from the memory stick (USB)
3) allowed to install 1x on iMac at home and install 1x on laptop computer (Macbook Air) for use when not home
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Mein Wunsch wäre also, ps-CC als Installations.exe auf einem USB-Stick zu downloaden.
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