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Hardlink on wheezy by default for usb-stick?
Post 302939395 by sea on Wednesday 25th of March 2015 06:30:14 AM
03-25-2015
I've never attempted to 'read' an iso file using RAR.....
Instead i've always used mount, to then copy the files out of the mounted path, as you did for your own surprise.
I do not even understanding why you are surprised that an ISO file is not a RAR-archive?
Or how you associate this with with a hardlink issue, thats quite something different.
In regards how you attempt to read an iso file i must ask, how did you write that iso file onto your usb stick?
No, the BIOS doesnt store 'itself' on the stick.
But there must be files readable by the bios on the stick in order to boot, those are required, however they are not 'bios' (nor (u)efi either)
Simple said, (probably) technicly incorrect:
Your computer looks according to its config/setting for either an (U)EFI or a BIOS file on the device selected to load (hdd, cd/dvd, usb), if none required file was found, it reports that no OS could be detected and the booting fails.
hth
Instead i've always used mount, to then copy the files out of the mounted path, as you did for your own surprise.
I do not even understanding why you are surprised that an ISO file is not a RAR-archive?
Or how you associate this with with a hardlink issue, thats quite something different.
In regards how you attempt to read an iso file i must ask, how did you write that iso file onto your usb stick?
No, the BIOS doesnt store 'itself' on the stick.
But there must be files readable by the bios on the stick in order to boot, those are required, however they are not 'bios' (nor (u)efi either)
Simple said, (probably) technicly incorrect:
Your computer looks according to its config/setting for either an (U)EFI or a BIOS file on the device selected to load (hdd, cd/dvd, usb), if none required file was found, it reports that no OS could be detected and the booting fails.
hth
Last edited by sea; 03-25-2015 at 07:37 AM..
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