CrunchBang Linux

philthy

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Registered: 2009-10-21

Posts: 22

Getting 'Boot Error' when I try to install Crunchbang via USB.

Hello all. I'm new to this forum. I've been planning to use Linux on older hardware (laptops) that I have, but I haven't been able to successfully install it via USB.

I'm trying to install Crunchbang onto an old IBM T30 via USB, but I end up getting "Boot Error". I tried the USB thumb drive on a different PC and it worked. I installed Crunchbang onto the thumb drive with the following methods,

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/make-a-usb … ang-linux/

http://seogadget.co.uk/how-to-install-c … usb-drive/

but I still got the same error. Has anybody ever run into this issue before and what did you do to remedy it? Thanks.

snowpine

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Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 2,950

Re: Getting 'Boot Error' when I try to install Crunchbang via USB.

Hi Philthy, welcome to the forums!

The first thing you need to do before going any further is verifying that the computer in question is, indeed, capable of booting from USB. Check out the boot option in the bios and/or the hardware manual.

Second, at the risk of stating the obvious, the two tutorials you linked to are one or the other, you can't use them both at the same time. I would recommend completely reformatting the drive and then using Unetbootin again. I've had great luck with Unetbootin in the past. If you still get errors, post the complete error message here.

You might also try the Ubuntu/Crunchbang application 'usb-creator'--I don't personally have experience with it, but it's an alternative to Unetbootin.

Good luck!

ps Any reason you can't just install from CD as recommended?

Last edited by snowpine (2009-10-21 15:45:04)

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deviant-route

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Registered: 2009-09-10

Posts: 12

Re: Getting 'Boot Error' when I try to install Crunchbang via USB.

Hello philthy, and welcome to #!Crunchbang. Now for your issue, i've been running Crunchbang 9.04 on my flash drive for a month now with no problems.

I did not use any of those two methods you mention,but what you could do is connect your thumb drive then run the #!Crunchbang in live cd mode,click install and the partition manager should find your thumb drive then you can manually partition or let it do it for you.

That is the way i did it and i hope it works for you.

My system is a Compaq presario C304NR 1.6Gz Cpu 2Gb DD2Ram and a 4Gb flash drive despite that it still leaves xp miles behind 

deviant-route

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Registered: 2009-09-10

Posts: 12

Re: Getting 'Boot Error' when I try to install Crunchbang via USB.

Ha you post 1min after me

philthy

Member

Registered: 2009-10-21

Posts: 22

Re: Getting 'Boot Error' when I try to install Crunchbang via USB.

Hi Philthy, welcome to the forums!

The first thing you need to do before going any further is verifying that the computer in question is, indeed, capable of booting from USB. Check out the boot option in the bios and/or the hardware manual.

Second, at the risk of stating the obvious, the two tutorials you linked to are one or the other, you can't use them both at the same time. I would recommend completely reformatting the drive and then using Unetbootin again. I've had great luck with Unetbootin in the past. If you still get errors, post the complete error message here.

You might also try the Ubuntu/Crunchbang application 'usb-creator'--I don't personally have experience with it, but it's an alternative to Unetbootin.

Good luck!

ps Any reason you can't just install from CD as recommended?

Thanks for the reply. I've set the BIOS to boot to the USB drive first. As for those two tutorials I tried them both, but not at the same time. They both give a boot error when booting via USB.

I'm trying to install C# lite via USB is because the CD drive on the laptop has issues.