Grub Error 17 Usb Drive
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Help Here Install/Boot/Login help! GRUB error 17 when booting opensuse 11 from USB HDD Welcome! If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You will have to register before you can post in the forums. (Be aware the forums do not accept user names with a dash "-") Also, logging in lets you avoid the CAPTCHA verification when searching . Select Articles, Forum, or Blog. Posting in the Forums implies acceptance of the Terms and Conditions. Page 1 of 2 12 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 10 of 16 Thread: help! GRUB error 17 when booting opensuse 11 from USB http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/93246/grub-error-17-booting-usb-disk HDD Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 30-Jul-2008,02:31 #1 hdhiman View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Newcomer Join Date Jul 2008 Location Singapore Posts 47 help! GRUB error 17 when booting opensuse 11 from USB HDD I'm a linux newbie, and wanted to install Opensuse 11 on an external usb HDD. The details https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/391371-help!-GRUB-error-17-when-booting-opensuse-11-from-USB-HDD of the external HDD are as follows: total size of hard disk: 93.1 GB dev/sdb1: NTFS partition to use with windows.(58.5 GB) dev/sdb2: Extended partition to use for opensuse. (34.5 GB) dev/sdb5: Linux swap (2GB) dev/sdb6: Linux root partition (13.2 GB) dev/sdb7: Home partition. (19.3) In order to boot directly from the USB hdd, i placed the GRUB boot loader on the root partition(dev/sdb6), and set the BIOS boot priority order to (1)USB HDD,(2)Disk Drive, and then (3)internal hard disk. However, now when i try to boot from the USB HDD, i get the error : "GRUB loading... Error 17" Please Help! Reply With Quote 30-Jul-2008,03:32 #2 swerdna View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries Visit Homepage View Articles Administrator Join Date Mar 2008 Location Oz Posts 11,469 Re: help! GRUB error 17 when booting opensuse 11 from USB HD When you installed Suse, was the BIOS set to boot from sdb or from sda? PS just noticed you are post #1 -- so HHHIIII there and welcome here Tumbleweed & Leap 42.1 [&KDE] A few FYIs Reply With Quote 30-Jul-2008,04:08 #3 hdhiman View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Newcomer Join Date Jul 2008 Location Singapore Posts 47 Re: help! GRUB error 17 when booting opensuse
Desktop Install to USB Drive - Grub error 17 Thread Closed 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average 1 2 3 4 5 Thread Modes Install to USB Drive https://forums.pcbsd.org/thread-20122.html - Grub error 17 pnguine Neophyte Posts: 2 Threads: 1 Thanks Received: 0 in 0 posts Thanks Given: 0 Joined: Aug 2015 Reputation: 0 #1 Install to USB Drive - Grub error 17 08-10-2015, 04:28 AM Hi all. This is my first post. Here's the story. - Downloaded PCBSD10.1.2-05-22-2015-x64-DVD-USB.iso - Burned to 8G USB stick using dd - Booted grub error to stick - Installed to external USB HD partition - Install completed successfully (other than sqlite error that went by too fast to read) - Booted to the USB HD through bios boot selection menu - Received "Grub error 17" Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks. • Find Marco Senior Member Posts: 421 Threads: 39 Thanks Received: 19 in grub error 17 17 posts Thanks Given: 2 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 1 #2 RE: Install to USB Drive - Grub error 17 08-11-2015, 08:52 AM (This post was last modified: 08-11-2015, 08:59 AM by Marco.) (08-10-2015, 04:28 AM)pnguine Wrote: - Installed to external USB HD partition What do u mean by that ? dd overwrites the whole stick explain exacly what u did and what hardware used. Is ur USB-Stick bootable ? Can ur Mainboard boot from USB devices ? Did u verify the hash of the download ? DownThemAll! :: Firefox Add-ons can do it 2.5.4. Writing to a USB Device do u use Linux to dd it ? the bs=1M works diff under linux bs=1m I do it with KDE under Linux: verify download dmesg look for usb device name go to download folder press F4 SU dd=PCBSD10.1.2-RELEASE-x64-DVD-USB.iso of=/dev/sdd ENTER I once formatted the usb device to GPT, and dd it works too I use only Corsair USB-Sticks rubber ones, but Patriot should work too ~~~<°(..)> OpenSuSe41.2-LEAP user on a single Intel SSD 530 120GB ^ ^ • F