Greetings to everyone!
I’ve been trying to run a Linux distro (Mabox) from my multiboot (16Gb FAT32) usb stick. The usb stick has a few other Linux-based ISOs on it atm and I can run them with no problem at any time (those in use at the moment include Slax v11.3, Tails v5.8, Mint LMDE-5 Cinnamon and the latest Porteus KDE, let alone those tested in the past but not in use/erased - MX Linux, Refracta, and a few others, including even android based Remix OS). The usb stick has Grub4DOS v0.4.6a installed on both MBR and PBR and I have never experienced any issues with running Linux distros from it. Until I stumbled upon an Arch based (Manjaro based - to be exact) Mabox Linux .
Long story short - when I try to run Mabox from the same usb stick - the grub4dos loader shows Mabox in the list of systems available for boot, but when I select it and hit enter - I end up with a “Welcome to GRUB!” message in the top left corner of my screen and inability to run any commands or quit. Not sure if the issue is related to grub4dos settings or to Mabox in particular. Does anyone have a clue how to get the grub4dos loader to boot Mabox or maybe make Mabox “more willing” to be bootable by grub4dos? I’m not a Linux kicking monster pro, no previous experience with Arch based systems (yet), so pls be patient. What I want is to get Mabox running on my multiboot usb stick (to minimize the number of usb drives needed for separate live mediums), so I’m just trying to figure out why Debian based distros (e.g. the latest Mint LMDE5 or Tails), Slackware based (Slax and the latest Porteus) and even Android based (Remix OS) - are all bootable from my multiboot usb pendrive, and why Manjaro (i.e. Arch) based Mabox does not boot… Later I also downloaded the latest official Manjaro KDE ISO from their official webpage and the result was the same - "Welcome to Grub!" stall...
So the question is: Is there anything that makes Manjaro-based (and possibly other similar Arch based) ISO that "special" for Grub4Dos... and is there a way to circumvent/tweak some settings to make them bootable? Thanks in advance for any help!