Debugging Alpha 2 UNetbootin installations

corenominal · 2010-06-29 10:52:24

The fixes applied to the Debian Installer on the CrunchBang Alpha 2 builds for UNetbootin installations seems to have been only partially successful. It would be good if we could try and figure out why this is. So, if you performed your installation with UNetbootin, please could you post details of the version of UNetbootin used and whether or not the installation was successful. Thank you. smile

corenominal · 2010-06-29 10:53:26

I should probably go first. smile

Version 471-1 from the Debian Squeeze repository resulted in several successful installations.

guantas · 2010-06-29 12:08:56

I used unetbootin 471-1 and had no problem to install alpha 2 openbox i486 on a 2 gb usb stick.
I choosed "default" to install alpha 2.

GuruX · 2010-06-29 14:10:42

I used Unetbootin 4.19 in Windows 7 to make my USB stick. Statler i686 Openbox. Chose default in the UNetbootin boot menu.

I didn't get my username added to the sudoers file. Fixed that myself with visudo. Sh terminal was fine though.
The repos weren't updated during cb-welcome. I had to do that manually.

The crunchbang login screen also disappeared and was replaced with what I think is the default debian screen. Don't know if this because I added the repos myself before I got the "default" Statler A2 repos from the forums.

But I did not have any trouble with the cd drivers (that we had on Statler A1) during install. That was flawless. No fix needed for me.

mattatron · 2010-06-29 15:34:03

I used Unetbootin 304-1 in #!9.04.01 and had the issues I mentioned in my post here

gutterslob · 2010-06-29 16:36:23

Unetbootin version: 471-1

First time I installed, I selected "Default" in the Unetbootin menu. Once installed, I noticed the the post-install script didn't install anything. Ran "apt-get update" and noticed it was looking for sources inside the CD. Also noticed that all my USB thumbdrives were mistaken for optical drives (sdb instead of the usual sdf)
It seems selecting "Default" in the Unetbootin menu installs a live-session onto the hard-drive.

Ran the install again, and this time selected "Text Install". It then proceeded to install itself properly and everything worked like it was supposed to.

1 thing I did notice:
Once I installed and ran rcconf to disable services I didn't need, I noticed 2 services:- "live boot" and "live config", even on my second install where everything worked right.
Not sure whether this is normal, but I've never seen these services in Statler Alpha1 or any other version of Debian that I've encountered. I assume it went and installed services related to the Live environment. Anyway, I've disabled the 2 without any consequence.

gruen · 2010-06-29 19:19:02

Debian Squeeze with Unetbootin 471-1.
Statler Alpha 2 Openbox i686 version.
2GB usb key.

Works perfectly as a live system and for install to hdd on my notebook!
big_smile

polarb · 2010-06-29 20:59:17

Unetbootin 471-1

Installed twice first one with default , and second one was regular text install.They both worked very well.

I tried the expert version and there were some specific questions I answered positive and I messed up during the expert installation option smile

I already knew that I am no expert smile

ZenMystic · 2010-06-29 22:30:19

Used unetbootin for Windows (unetbootin-windows-471.exe) under Windows XP to install CrunchBang to my laptop, used option "Text Install". The iso was "crunchbang-10-alpha-02-openbox-i686.iso"
All seems well so far

Laptop is Toshiba Protege R100.

Last edited by ZenMystic (2010-06-29 22:33:38)

era506 · 2010-06-29 22:33:34

GuruX wrote:

I used Unetbootin 4.19 in Windows 7 to make my USB stick. Statler i686 Openbox. Chose default in the UNetbootin boot menu.
I didn't get my username added to the sudoers file. Fixed that myself with visudo. Sh terminal was fine though.
The repos weren't updated during cb-welcome. I had to do that manually.
The crunchbang login screen also disappeared and was replaced with what I think is the default debian screen. Don't know if this because I added the repos myself before I got the "default" Statler A2 repos from the forums.
But I did not have any trouble with the cd drivers (that we had on Statler A1) during install. That was flawless. No fix needed for me.

Similar situation here but with Statler amd64 xfce edition...

Kruce · 2010-06-29 23:11:13

UNetBootin 4.71 under Windows XP AND 10.04, Text Install, Statler i686 XFCE - Failed both times on my ASUS 1000HE(B). dd method worked.

whaistatyo · 2010-06-30 02:08:11

I used unetbootin 356-1 on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 to put crunchbang-10-alpha-02-openbox-amd64.iso on a 1gig Toshiba usbkey.

I chose the live cd option from the menu & booted my Asus 1201T Netbook with it. Everything ok except no rs8192se_pci drivers for the Wireless. I'll make another post about this in the right forum.

I'll be trying a manual install to a 16gb SD card shortly...

OK. had to choose 'text expert' install as cdrom wasn't detected with regular 'text' install. That didn't help either & neither did secdroid's post here: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/74453/#p74453 so I switched to a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F2) and symlinked /dev/cdrom to the usb key:

ln -s /dev/sdb /dev/cdrom

Then I was able to install OK.

I chose grub2 & used the MBR of the SD card. After rebooting & selecting the card via a BIOS menu it booted into #!

(Although grub2 detected the Ubuntu 10.04 install on the hard drive (sda) it did not append it to the grub menu)

Last edited by whaistatyo (2010-06-30 06:01:02)

machinebacon · 2010-06-30 18:49:12

Hi,

unetbootin: 471 on XP
USB: 2G stick
ISO: Openbox Alpha2 i686
System: Desktop AMD Athlon 2.7 Ghz, 2G RAM

Live system worked excellent!
Default installation brought one problem:
All well until I arrived at the GRUB installation. It stopped with Error -1 (something like /target/ couldnt be found)
LILO couldn't install, same error. Couldnt get past this point, naturally a reboot didn't even go into the not-existing GRUB screen smile

rizzo · 2010-06-30 21:52:13

So it seems so far like having an up to date Unetbootin (471) is the key to success smile

machinebacon · 2010-07-01 00:14:27

omns wrote:

So it seems so far like having an up to date Unetbootin (471) is the key to success

I will try an install using the Universal USB Installer (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal- … -as-1-2-3/) in XP later today, if it is of interest. Looks very similar to unetbootin.

Sergio17771 · 2010-07-01 11:26:03

Crunchbang Lite 9.04.01
Unetbootin: 377-0
USB : 8GB
openbox and xfce(i686 iso).....live mode......worked excellent
(hp compaq nx7000 centrino laptop)

Last edited by Sergio17771 (2010-07-01 18:50:18)

naisho · 2010-07-01 11:36:31

Sorry about the edit war here but this has been my experience so far:

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unetbootin: 442 on XP
USB: 2G stick
ISO: Openbox Alpha2 i486
System: MSI Wind U100 (Atom 1.6Ghz) 2GB RAM

GRUB couldn't install, could not write to /target
Same for LILO
----------------------------------------------------------
"dd" method -- Win32DiskImager.exe on XP
USB: 2G stick
ISO: Openbox Alpha2 i486
System: MSI Wind U100 (Atom 1.6Ghz) 2GB RAM

GRUB couldn't install, could not write to /target
Same for LILO
----------------------------------------------------------
unetbootin: 471 on XP
USB: 2G stick
ISO: Openbox Alpha2 i486
System: MSI Wind U100 (Atom 1.6Ghz) 2GB RAM

Installed without issue! No CDROM messages and GRUB copied to the MBR.
----------------------------------------------------------

Last edited by naisho (2010-07-01 14:51:06)

naisho · 2010-07-01 11:47:55

machinebacon wrote:

omns wrote:
So it seems so far like having an up to date Unetbootin (471) is the key to success
I will try an install using the Universal USB Installer (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal- … -as-1-2-3/) in XP later today, if it is of interest. Looks very similar to unetbootin.

As far as that, it doesn't have the option to specify an ISO file, only the option to install from a local copy of an ISO from their list. Crunchbang 9.04 is listed but not Statler.

machinebacon · 2010-07-01 12:42:57

naisho wrote:

machinebacon wrote:
omns wrote:
So it seems so far like having an up to date Unetbootin (471) is the key to success
I will try an install using the Universal USB Installer (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal- … -as-1-2-3/) in XP later today, if it is of interest. Looks very similar to unetbootin.
As far as that, it doesn't have the option to specify an ISO file, only the option to install from a local copy of an ISO from their list. Crunchbang 9.04 is listed but not Statler.

sure about this?

It is - as far as I remember (having used it a few days ago) - basically the same like unetbootit, only the choice of 'selectable' distributions was different and some of the images (in my case a zenwalk iso) pointed to the Internet's nowhereland.
Nevermind, I check this later.

naisho · 2010-07-01 13:48:11

machinebacon wrote:

naisho wrote:
machinebacon wrote:
I will try an install using the Universal USB Installer (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal- … -as-1-2-3/) in XP later today, if it is of interest. Looks very similar to unetbootin.
As far as that, it doesn't have the option to specify an ISO file, only the option to install from a local copy of an ISO from their list. Crunchbang 9.04 is listed but not Statler.
sure about this?

It is - as far as I remember (having used it a few days ago) - basically the same like unetbootit, only the choice of 'selectable' distributions was different and some of the images (in my case a zenwalk iso) pointed to the Internet's nowhereland.
Nevermind, I check this later.

Ok, looking again I was wrong. The last option for choosing a distro is "Install some other Linux Distro from an ISO file". I've been conditioned by Unetbootin to look for a "Choose an ISO file" option, outside of the "Choose an ISO to download and install" option.

steviejobs · 2010-07-02 00:04:57

Here's today's experience.
Unetbootin Windows 471, USB 2G Memorex stick, ISO: CB 10 XFCE Alpha2 i686.
Unetbootin written WITH Toshiba Satellite U305-S7446 1.5 Ghz T5250 w/2G RAM, Vista SP2.
Written TO Asus EeePC 701 4G Surf.
Successful installation. It walked this noob through pretty seamlessly. I waited to do the network/online stuff till the basic install was complete. (I'm at a bookstore with login required to get online.) Once online, I did the cb-welcome script thingie. Installed just the basic stuff - no developer level apps, and no OOo.
I didn't discover a problem till I tried to register for this forum. As I'd (luckily) read, my keyboard got mapped as GB during setup. Fixed that, good to go and here I am. I can imagine the keyboard glitch will confound someone else if not changed.
Many thanks to corenominal/Philip and anyone else joining in.
I've been switching distros regularly on the EeePC. Used lite/9.04 previously. We'll see how long I can stick with this version.
Best to all!

machinebacon · 2010-07-03 23:23:45

OK, this time it worked well.

Universal-USB-Installer
USB: 2G stick "JET"
ISO: Openbox Alpha2 i686
System: Desktop AMD Athlon 2.7 Ghz, 2G RAM

Strange enough is that I can write here on the forums, but the cb-welcome script complains about no working internet connection. Any way to get around this? cool

linuxxnut · 2010-07-04 23:03:57

i used the latest version of unetbootin and 100% perfect. I did the install on a asus eepc 1005ha. it is great and i really like it thanks for the hard work.

machinebacon · 2010-07-06 13:54:45

Today I installed #!10 on a low-budget netbook, using unetbootin-417 on a 2GB USB stick. I had to set fb=false in the grub options, but that's no biggie. I had the disk partition managed by the installer, but the installation didn't get past ~80%. Tried it 3 times. The 4th time I made a manual partitioning and it perfectly installed. So, this is maybe worth a try if a guided partitioning was executed which led to an incomplete install.

KapitaenM · 2010-07-07 01:55:24

GuruX wrote:

I used Unetbootin 4.19 in Windows 7 to make my USB stick. Statler i686 Openbox. Chose default in the UNetbootin boot menu.
I didn't get my username added to the sudoers file. Fixed that myself with visudo. Sh terminal was fine though.
The repos weren't updated during cb-welcome. I had to do that manually.
The crunchbang login screen also disappeared and was replaced with what I think is the default debian screen. Don't know if this because I added the repos myself before I got the "default" Statler A2 repos from the forums.
But I did not have any trouble with the cd drivers (that we had on Statler A1) during install. That was flawless. No fix needed for me.

I too encountered this/these circumstances on a AMD64 XFCE install. UNetbootin 471.

Last edited by KapitaenM (2010-07-09 16:16:35)

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