m.roth at 5-cent.us
2016-Dec-23 21:22 UTC
[CentOS] OT - hardware - firmware update .iso to flash drive?
I tried dd'ing the .iso to /dev/sdb. I can mount it, and see the contents
fine, but parted -l says unknown partition. Anyone have a clue it this
will actually boot?
mark
John R Pierce
2016-Dec-23 21:37 UTC
[CentOS] OT - hardware - firmware update .iso to flash drive?
On 12/23/2016 1:22 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> I tried dd'ing the .iso to /dev/sdb. I can mount it, and see the contents > fine, but parted -l says unknown partition. Anyone have a clue it this > will actually boot?parted deals with mbr and gpt partition tables, it knows nothing about ISO9660 devices (CD/DVD format) -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
m.roth at 5-cent.us
2016-Dec-23 22:18 UTC
[CentOS] OT - hardware - firmware update .iso to flash drive?
John R Pierce wrote:> On 12/23/2016 1:22 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> I tried dd'ing the .iso to /dev/sdb. I can mount it, and see the >> contents >> fine, but parted -l says unknown partition. Anyone have a clue it this >> will actually boot? > > parted deals with mbr and gpt partition tables, it knows nothing about > ISO9660 devices (CD/DVD format) >Ah! Thanks. Still, any idea if it'll just boot (it's a Dell R720)? mark