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Variety of issues with bootable USB devices #23

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The Darter Pro fails to boot from a variety of USB devices. All of the below listed devices were recognized and mounted within the OS on all 3 USB ports.

For reference when referring to specific USB ports on the Darter Pro:
USB port 1: Port closest to the power button
USB port 2: Port next to USB port 1
USB port 3: Port on the other side of the machine

The following are the devices tried. They all had a bootable OS installed. The usb drive was plugged in while the machine was off and then the system was cold booted (checkbox checked if boot was successful):

  • SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB

  • SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB

    • This USB for some reason has a second "drive" a "SanDisk Cruzer CD Drive" at /dev/sr0.

    • Two options are therefore shown in the bios menu, USB Device and USB Device

    • USB Device goes to a grub shell

    • USB Device 1 fails and goes back to the main BIOS menu. Very quickly an error message is shown (but practically impossible to read without the aid of a camera):

    • Screenshot from 2019-10-01 16-38-44

    • It is a little concerning to me that this error mentions pressing a key to continue but I was never given the opportunity to do so.

    • This happened connected to each usb port.

  • SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB

    • All 3 USB ports booted the drive to a grub shell
  • DataStick Pro by Centon

    • When connected to any of the USB ports, the drive was not recognized in the bios menu
  • ASUS Republic of Gamers giveaway flash drive

    • When plugged in to the USB port 1 or 3, the drive was not recognized in the bios menu
    • When plugged into port 2, the system booted to a GRUB shell
  • USB 3.0 System76 Pop!_OS Flash drive

    • All 3 USB ports booted the drive to a grub shell

This may be similarly related to #10

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