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[Q] Syslinux failed to (chain)boot Ubuntu( installer) OR HOWTO

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#1 secipor

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Posted 05 July 2013 - 06:38 AM

I have a USB stick which is bootable( with Syslinux 5.10). And I want to use it to boot Ubuntu.

 

I could provide more details if necessary. Thank you all in advance.

 

 

What I've tried:

 

I downloaded Ubuntu 13.04 i686 ISO image and extracted all files to H:\ubuntu\ (H: was my USB flash drive)

 

1.

 

I tried to boot it with

 

chain isolinux=/ubuntu/isolinux/isolinux.bin

 

but failed. it said

 

Err: option 'maps' requires a sector

 

 

2.

 

Then I thought I could load its configure. So I entered

 

config /ubuntu/isolinux/isolinux.cfg /ubuntu/isolinux

 

Then got a message saying:

 

Failed to load COM32 file gfxboot.c32

 

 Then I tried again:

 

boot: live

 

But it said:

 

Loading /casper/vmlinuz failed: No such file or directory

 

Then I moved all files from H:\ubuntu\ to H:\ and loaded its configure, though Syslinux still failed to load gfxboot but I could boot Ubuntu with

 

boot: live

 

 

 

My Questions

 

1. Why Syslinux failed to load gfxboot when gfxboot.c32 file could be found?

 

2. How to put Ubuntu to a standalone folder( Such as H:\ubuntu) and Use Syslinux to boot it?


Edited by secipor, 05 July 2013 - 06:52 AM.






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