[SOLVED] Trouble using Unetbootin; may be I don't understand what to do...
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First you must resolve this error. Try to copy this file from your system to pendrive in /boot directory. You should find it somewhere, I have it in /usr/lib/syslinux directory. After rebooting from USB pendrive, you should see startup menu.
I have never done that myself, but according to the text you have to simply run bootinst.sh. I would do it on the commandline, and I think that the script will tell you if all went fine.
I have never done that myself, but according to the text you have to simply run bootinst.sh. I would do it on the commandline, and I think that the script will tell you if all went fine.
Pardon my ignorance, but how do I run the bootinst.sh on the USB from the terminal?
Assuming that you are running your Mint, your USB-drive should be mounted on /media/disk. So open a terminal (you will find the terminal under Accessories in your menu) and type in
Code:
/media/disk/bootinst.sh
and press Enter. It may be that you need to be root to run the script, in this case try it with
Code:
sudo /media/disk/bootinst.sh
It will ask for your password. Your password will not show up while typing, you have to type it blindly and then press Enter. It also may be that your USB-drive will mounted under a different path in the /media-folder, if you have other USB-drives attached to your system. In this case you can list the folders in your /media-folder with
Does your usb stick show up under the media directory?
Is it listed as 268E-818D?
In a terminal run the command: ls /media
If it shows as 268E-818D run, change to that directory: cd /media/268E-818D/
If it shows as something else, replace the 268E-818D with whatever it is.
In a terminal when you have change to the correct directory, run: ls
You should see the two Slax directories, boot and slax
If they are there, cd /media/268E-818D/boot
Then run the script: ./bootinst.sh
You need to be in the slax boot directory to run the script as it indicates on the slax web site.
Does your usb stick show up under the media directory?
Is it listed as 268E-818D?
In a terminal run the command: ls /media
If it shows as 268E-818D run, change to that directory: cd /media/268E-818D/
If it shows as something else, replace the 268E-818D with whatever it is.
In a terminal when you have change to the correct directory, run: ls
You should see the two Slax directories, boot and slax
If they are there, cd /media/268E-818D/boot
Then run the script: ./bootinst.sh
You need to be in the slax boot directory to run the script as it indicates on the slax web site.
Thanks yancek.
When I enter ./bootinst.sh in says permission denied:
Code:
mint_x61 rob # ls /media
2E0E-9E97 cdrom cdrom0 floppy floppy0 U3 System
mint_x61 rob # cd /media/2E0E-9E97
mint_x61 2E0E-9E97 # ls
boot HexPW.odt ldlinux.sys slax ubnfilel.txt ubnpathl.txt
mint_x61 2E0E-9E97 # cd /media/2E0E-9E97/boot
mint_x61 boot # ./bootinst.sh
bash: ./bootinst.sh: Permission denied
If it matters, I am doing all of this from within LMDE.
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