Re: preparing a bootable USB Flash drive: grub-install, what else?

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Ivan Shmakov writes:

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 > Unfortunately, the net result is that the target hosts reboots
 > instantly while trying to boot from this media.

 > Also to note:

 > • this image successfully boots under KVM (QEMU), like:

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 > • I've tried to boot another USB Flash (which I've prepared earlier
 > and with an older version of GRUB), and it boots correctly on the
 > same hardware; (however, that media uses GPT, copied to MBR via
 > gptsync(8).)

        JFTR: that was the problem.  Once I've created a GPT “disklabel”
        (and re-installed GRUB), the problem has gone away.

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