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[stepking2]

Hello :-)

Been using XBoot for a while and it has worked flawless until now.
I am trying to make a multiboot USB, with multiple USB sticks, and multiple different ISOs, but every time it is stuck at a blinking cursor.
The only time it worked was when making a single bootable USB stick.

I've tried formatting it multiple times. I am using it on WIndows 7 64-bit.

ISOs: Fedora 17 64-bit, Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, Trinity Rescue Kit, Avira Rescue CD, Linux Mint 32-bit, Offline Windows password and registry changer, MemTest86, OphCrack, ReaverPro, BackTrack 5 R3 64-bit, Puppy Linux, KonBoot.

[Viajerozz]

At what point is it stuck at blinking cursor? If just one or two iso's make sure you have no other USB devices plugged into your machine...same thing hapened to me for a couple of linux based iso's.

[stepking2]

Right after you have chosen the boot option in quick BIOS, the cursor appears.
One ISO worked, but many ISOs didn't work.

[steve6375]

Does the multi-boot ISO boot when run using an emulator (e.g. use RMPrepUSB QEMU button)?
Did you use syslinux option or grub4dos option?

[stepking2]

I've never gotten QEMU to work, it only aks if I want to try it, but nothing happens after I click the button.

I used SysLinux bootloader.

[steve6375]

QEMU in latest version of RMPrepUSB should work 2.1.648???.
You can use RMPrepUSB 'Drive Info' button to display MBR (0) and PBR (P1) - can you see syslinux code?
Is there a .cfg file that is supposed to load? From your description, syslinux never gets as far as displaying an ISO menu - is this correct?
If so, try re-installing Syslinux using the RMPrepUSB 'Install syslinux' button and then use the QEMU button to test it again.
HTH
Steve

[joych]

got the same problem...................puppy linux run on QEMO but doesn't run originally while booting from usb drive. it only loads syslinux description and then hangs with blinking cursor.................any solution for it..................???

[steve6375]

How was syslinux installed?
Does this happen on all computers or just one?

[steve6375]

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[Wonko the Sane]

Google says that partition magic can do it (but it could also trash it!).
But you would need to mount the image inside linux somehow (I am not linuxy so can't help there!).

And you are also probably not on the right thread , I have the feeling that your post might sound better here :
http://reboot.pro/17656/


Wonko