If its a Sandisk Cruzer there is a utility to remove that infernal "CD" mount. check here: http://www.google.com/search?q=sandisk+cruzer+u3+removal http://u3.sandisk.com/launchpadremoval.htm and possibly (possibly) helpful: http://u3-tool.sourceforge.net/ On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Stephen wrote: > I have an external drive that has the same issue. in my case there is > a small "firmware" that resides on the USB-PATA bridge that has about > 3-400 MB of stuff on it and mounts as a CD. this definitely fouled all > my attempts at booting to the device. > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:23 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: >> I got a new machine which (of course) has Windows pre-installed and >> I'm not ready to dump it entirely just yet so in the meantime, I built >> out a complete Arch Linux 64-bit system on a portable USB external >> drive.  I also used or tried to use grub to set it up to boot.  During >> the original settup session, it appeared to do all this OK but I can't >> get the laptop to recognize or boot from this device.  I did not >> modify the master boot record on my laptop; instead, I figured on >> using the boot menu on the laptop to choose the USB drive; this method >> works beautifully with an ISO image I burned to a small thumbdrive but >> I cannot do the same with my larger USB portable drive on which I >> installed Arch Linux.  Do I have to do anything else to make this >> thing bootable? >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss