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Can't boot with a Slitaz Live USB.

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• Started 7 years ago by romasa2k
• Latest reply from roadkill13
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   romasa2k
   

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   Hi,
   I'm currently using Slitaz 4 in my notebook, but before installing Slitaz 5 (Rolling) I want to try it.

   So I tried to do a Live USB with various Live USB creation tools but none of them help me, doesn't matter what tool I use it keeps giving me the error. I tried also with another desktop computer but the same error appears. The error is the following:

   "c32box.c32: not a com32 image."

   It would be awesome if you could help me, thanks in advance.

   Ronald.

   //It´s a 4 GB USB.

   Posted 7 years ago #
2. 

   sixofeight
   

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   Hi Ronald
   --> I'm currently using Slitaz 4 <--
   This error happens because you used a distribution with an earlier version of the syslinux package to create the bootable USB.

   and:
   Since early 2016 the * .c32 files are compressed by lzma and isolinux.bin is updated to support it.

   http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/c32box
   and
   http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/boot-error-after-cleaning-old-rootfs-files#post-41551

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   andreid
   

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   Simple solution: fomat USB manually with Gparted before creating Live USB... always, don not trust USB creation tools.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   @ romasa2k

   1. You can run Rolling from ISO:
      • download the last Rolling, say in /home/tux/Downloads
      • add this entry in your /boot/grub/menu.lst
        

        # SliTaz 5.0 Rolling - LiveISO
        #
        title SliTaz 5.0 Rolling (kernel 3.2.71)
           map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 (hd0,0)/home/tux/Downloads/slitaz-rolling-core.iso (hd32)
           map --hook
           chainloader (hd32)
        

        (hd0,0) suppose your /home is on the first partition of your hard disk)

   2. You can also use a frugal install; see http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:uncommoninst#frugal-install
   3. or still boot from web:
      • install gpxe package
        tazpkg -gi gpxe --forced
--forced because if my memory serves me well, gpxe is not correctly installed on a full 4.0 installation
      • adding these lines to your /boot/grub/menu.lst
        

        # Boot from web
        #
        title Boot from web
           kernel/boot/gpxe

        should work.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   @ devs

   Really strange.

   I tried to boot from web with my full installation SliTaz 4.0 but I loop on the first screen.
   I tried with SliTaz Rolling in full installation, no success too.
   But when I try with a LiveUSB (last rolling), no problem.

   O.o ???

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   romasa2k
   

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   Hi,

   Ceel, the first solution is the best thing that I've ever seen. Now we don't even need a USB to boot, you only need to have the ISO in your hard disk a that's all.
   Thank you, great solution.

   Ronald.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   roadkill13
   

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   Tried this suggestion from Andried:

   Simple solution: fomat USB manually with Gparted before creating Live USB... always, don not trust USB creation tools

   This did not work. I received the same message regarding "c32box.c32: not a com32 image." Gparted did nothing for me on this one.

   Posted 7 years ago #
8. 

   roadkill13
   

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   Tried again. Installed using dd. Worked a treat.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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