MX17 x64 & 32 live no boot menu USB created w tuxboot

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galen
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MX17 x64 & 32 live no boot menu USB created w tuxboot

#1 Post by galen »

MX17 x64
MX17 32bitPAE
md5sum good
USB stick created with tuxboot 0.7 current

Upon boot to USB stick the live boot menu does not appear
an error shows similar to:

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gfxboot.c32  is not a COM32 image
only

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boot: 
appears.
pressing TAB shows live harddisk memtest
live will load
memtest will run
harddisk will not run, reports the message

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chain.c32 is not a COM32 image
updated added 32bit and correct error messages
Last edited by galen on Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:15 am, edited 2 times in total.
Linux user since 1999, on-line 1993
Dtop#1: XU20 AMD-FX6300, GT730
Dtop#2: MX19 AM3ATH2X2, GT218-8400
Ltop#1: MX21 T500
Ltop#2: MX19 T440
Ltop#3: MX19 NC6400
Ltop#4: XU18 NC4400
Ltop#5: Sparky32 T30 :turtle:
Ltop#6: MX21 Acer E5

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Re: MX17 x64 live no boot menu USB created w tuxboot

#2 Post by dolphin_oracle »

Likely cause is whatever system you started with doesn't have the 6 series syslinux.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.

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Re: MX17 x64 & 32 live no boot menu USB created w tuxboot

#3 Post by galen »

never thought of syslinux being a problem, thanks

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syslinux --version
syslinux 6.03  Copyright 1994-2014 H. Peter Anvin et al
Linux user since 1999, on-line 1993
Dtop#1: XU20 AMD-FX6300, GT730
Dtop#2: MX19 AM3ATH2X2, GT218-8400
Ltop#1: MX21 T500
Ltop#2: MX19 T440
Ltop#3: MX19 NC6400
Ltop#4: XU18 NC4400
Ltop#5: Sparky32 T30 :turtle:
Ltop#6: MX21 Acer E5

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galen
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Re: MX17 x64 & 32 live no boot menu USB created w tuxboot

#4 Post by galen »

more info
tuxboot version is 0.8 (gui says 0.7)

Unetbootin 4.57 does create a graphical boot sequence
Linux user since 1999, on-line 1993
Dtop#1: XU20 AMD-FX6300, GT730
Dtop#2: MX19 AM3ATH2X2, GT218-8400
Ltop#1: MX21 T500
Ltop#2: MX19 T440
Ltop#3: MX19 NC6400
Ltop#4: XU18 NC4400
Ltop#5: Sparky32 T30 :turtle:
Ltop#6: MX21 Acer E5

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