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Old 04-23-2014, 02:27 PM   #1
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Question Point Linux Installer error: Critical error! Source squashfs file does not exist!


Hi.

After booting into Point Linux 2.3 on a USB, I get this error when I clicked on install. "Critical error! Source squashfs file does not exist!". What must I do to overcome this?

Thanks.
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Old 04-23-2014, 09:34 PM   #2
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We need more information on your proble.

How did you put the image on the usb stick?

The installer seems to be, by my reading on the DistroWatch News section on the release of this respin (that I had never heard of), a "Point Linux installer" which could well be NOT the Debian installer with which most of us are familiar with.

It appears to be put out to be a DVD image and it could be that it is not easy to use on a stick.

Have you tried burning to a DVD? RW is your friend.

ALL images of a wide variety of distros that I have tried recently, however, are fully functional on a stick. This includes every thing from Debian Netinstall images to other distros Live Session images.

I use simply the dd command for putting the images on the stick. Works very well and fast.

Did you check the md5sum of the image?

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Old 04-24-2014, 07:14 AM   #3
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Hi widget.

I used MultiSystem.
I used 'pointlinux-mate-full-2.3-32.iso'.
The MD5sum is fine.
Yes, I'd say 99% of the time I too have zero problems with installing distros from USB.

I tried to install the same ISO in VirtualBox and there was no issue.

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Old 04-24-2014, 09:43 PM   #4
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I would give the usb stick another try with dd.

You are recommended to format the stick to the appropriate fat format to start with but I forget about half the time and it is no problem. dd copies the entire input file to the entire defined drive (output file) including the format.

So you can't have anything else on the drive when putting the image on it. You can create more partitions after that if you want persistence or data partitions or both for that matter.

I have Wheezy live on a 32gig stick with persistence and a data partition for data recovery chores when they turn up.
Code:
dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync
an example, admittedly with a long path to the input file;
Code:
dd if=/home/thom/Dropbox/Cynix64-Alpha2/cynix-live.iso of=/dev/sdi bs=4M; sync
You need a complete path. This can be done by simply going to the image, right click on it and select "copy" go to your terminal and "paste" to the correct place in the command. This is not the approved geek way to do a command but I suck at typing. Very good at typos though.

You need the device designation of the stick for the "of=" (output file).

The "bs" is blocksize and the "sync" gets rid of any extra files created.

Will generally work fine without those last 2 but that is what Debian recommends to use.

If this doesn't work I would go to a RW DVD.

I have looked at MultiSystem. Got it, looked at it, tried one image not on the list, deleted it. Wasn't impressed.

Could be that it works for some but it didn't for me. dd works and is included in all Linux distros and works the same in all of them.
 
Old 04-26-2014, 12:58 PM   #5
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Thanks widget.

Your solution works perfectly. The CB guys also advocate this: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267

 
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There are a lot of tools out there. I have found that using native Linux tools that come with most distros are the most reliable.

They aren't really pretty though. Sometimes eye candy is just not enough.

Really glad it worked.

What do you think of the bugger?
 
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There are a lot of tools out there. I have found that using native Linux tools that come with most distros are the most reliable.

They aren't really pretty though. Sometimes eye candy is just not enough.

Really glad it worked.

What do you think of the bugger?
Point Linux is a fine distro. MATE is my fave DE.
 
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May have to look at it when I get something other than this ancient laptop to play with.

I use Xfce but my wife is a Mate user. It is pretty nice.
 
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May have to look at it when I get something other than this ancient laptop to play with.

I use Xfce but my wife is a Mate user. It is pretty nice.
Xfce is my 2nd fave DE.
 
  


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