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Arachnoborg

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Registered: 2026-03-21

Posts: 10

Boot failure on last 2 versions

I had a second computer waiting to be formatted, I use Artix, Mx, and Slitaz in my 3 systems..

On the Slitaz system, as about start of May, about May 6th, which version exactly can't say, I upgraded my Slitaz system through iso, and no boot, I had other computer to fuck around so I left the Slitaz rig waiting for next version..

On 17th May, when new version uploaded to server, I immediately burnt a usb bootable and formatted again (ext2-3-4 btrfs tried all) and it didn't boot.

error:

$ can't find vesamenu.c32 $

# this problem keeps repeating itself in boot mode and fills the screen eventually.

I folded my sleeves to look for a solution: Turns out, it fails to create a feasible boot folder.

When I did a quick inspection, I found out syslinux folder was half-empty.

Solution I had:

1-After fresh install, run livesession (tux)

2-Using terminal super user, change 'chmod 777' (permission) of /boot folder, replace boot files from the original iso to the /boot and turn chmod 755 (read-only).

After this it boots.

Funny why it started happening in the few months, I wonder why. Writing this for coder/compiler's notice and for help if anyone got the same blues.

Arachnoborg

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Registered: 2026-03-21

Posts: 10

Re: Boot failure on last 2 versions

Sorry I'm really bad at non-editing style messagings,

*forgot to mention:

Slitaz64-5.0 is current version I'm using. Thanks to @Shann's link "https://people.slitaz.org/~shann/slitaz-current64-stuff/isos/slitaz-6.0-core64-grub2.iso", I'll try version 6.0 as soon as I can.

Arachnoborg

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Registered: 2026-03-21

Posts: 10

Re: Boot failure on last 2 versions

UPDATE

This problem doesn't exist on Slitaz6.0-64, I'm marking as resolved.

Package basket is a bit empty on new repositories however, it will soon have more packages uploaded.