CentOS 5 :: Syslinux Error When Making Bootable USB Disk?
Oct 2, 2010
I'm trying to make a bootable USB disk by using syslinux. The USB disk is recognized as /dev/sdc.
#mkdosfs -I /dev/sdc
#syslinux /dev/sdc
After executing the above two commands, it generates errors as follow:
end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 32
printk: 21 messages suppressed.
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 4
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 5
... ...
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 12
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 13
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Jan 3, 2011
Ok so I've searched for a solution to this problem everywhere and couldn't seem to find any, so I decided to post here.Recently I came across a new modified version of Ubuntu which was made for pentesters, called "blackbuntu".Now I know everything is the same as linux, except a little tweaked. So, I am trying to setup my bootable USB drive, and get this error (I chose Try an unlisted OS -- Then picked New Syslinux).And I keep getting this error:^
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When using the Universal USB Installer and following the instructions according to the Ubuntu web site, I get the following error: an error () "occurred while executing syslinux. Your USB drive won't be bootable" There is no number between the brackets and I has no problem with a previous version of Ubuntu netbook remix.
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if not please redirect to correct area. I will start by saying I know very little about Linux beyond simple usage. My question is about "Syslinux Bootloader chainloaded to GRUB4DOS"
Pendrivelinux has a really awesome utility, one that I have been searching to find for many years. It allows you to put multiple ISOs onto a single USB and selectively boot the images. Mast are live Linux OSs, or repair disks, there is even an option for a Windows install disk. The "menu" is configured for about 30 ISOs right now, and I believe it uses a Grub loader. The link below will take you to the wbsite that hosts the utility download link, lists all the currently supported ISOs, and has the very simple instructions.
url
Once you download the app. there is a file called "menu" that you can edit the list of installed images on the USB drive. I have put:
4-5 Live Linux ISOs
Windows 7 Install files
4-5 rescue CDs
on my USB stick. I deleted the menu items I do not use (a lot of them), and reorganized the menu to my liking.
I know NOTHING about how to figure out the Linux code language. I want to add the following ISO images to the USB, but I am unable to figure out how to write their use into the menu.
Hirens boot CD
Windows XP repair disk
Acronis True Image 2010 recovery disk
I have tried altering already made menus with no success, and I dont even know where to begin. If some of you might be willing to DL the utility, look at the menu structure, I would be very appreciative. I know that you will probably need the ISO images, but they are fairly common. While I am very new here, I am very familiar with forums in general, and would be happy to make a donation for the help, like I said, I have dreamed of such a multiboot solution for many years, and would love to see these added to the options, making it a truly ultimate bootable USB.
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I have discovered that by using syslinux I can make the USB Hard-drive Bootable -- I learned this by playing around with Gentoo, however, I like Slackware. I was wondering if any-one could point me toward the direction of how to install Slackware and then utilize syslinux to make it bootable?
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to do a text-based install.
The reason for all this is that I have network access to several remote machines. I can ask disks to be moved between machines, but I have no physical access. In order to do software testing, I would like to have several system disks with different installed CentOS versions. It would be easer if I could build the system disks on one single machine. The hardware an all machines is very nearly identical.
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dd if=/dev/sr0 of=windows7.iso bs=2048 conv=sync
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fdisk -ul
Code:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 149838254 74919096 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 149838255 156296384 3229065 5 Extended
[Code]....
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Unrecognized option `--overlay=/boot/grub'
Usage: /usr/bin/grub-mkrescue [OPTION] SOURCE...
[Code]....
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