November 26, 201015 yr Hello all Here is my prob I am a newbe and searched the threads can seem to get my usb to boot my machine I have tried the different formating tools i think after 3 days i have tried all the suggestions here. I have found that i can boot to a dos prompt when i only format the usb making it bootable by using the hp formating tool it will boot the machine on the usb port to a dos prompt when i add the syslinux file and the unraid to the usb it will no longer boot get a msg "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device" I had a friend that sugested that i format the drives and see if it would boot then. I havent tried that yet hoping someone has experanced this and can give me some help I have an Intel D845gvsr motherboard intel celeron 2.66ghz processoer buss speed 533 mhz 1 g memory have xp currently loaded on the hard drive. Thanks in advance Scott
November 26, 201015 yr Here's a link to the Wiki for directions for setting up your flash drive: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_Flash_Drive_Preparation Kevin
November 26, 201015 yr Author i have done all of the steps in the wiki serveral times along with all the other possible issues
November 27, 201015 yr Have you tried another USB drive in your machine? Have you tried the existing USB drive in another machine?
November 27, 201015 yr Author i have tried other usb drives but dont have another computer to try it in.
November 28, 201015 yr I would suggest trying another usb stick. What brand is it? What I do: Format with Windows 7 (FAT32 - 4k sectors) Label the USB drive "UNRAID" Do the syslinux thing (make sure you can see the hidden file it creates) Copy over the unRAID download from LimeTech. It sounds as though your problem is not with the motherboard but with the preparation of the drive.
November 28, 201015 yr Author ok just to make sure i did that one more time no go still will not boot I have tried 2 a kingston 1g drive and a 2 different verbatim store n go 4 gig drives here are the files i have on my drive ldlinux.sys sys file 14kb(left this out original post sorry) config folder bzimage file 2,260 kb bzroot file 53,457 kb license.txt text document 6 kb memtest file 157 kb menu.c32 c32 file 33 kb readme.txt text document 5 kb syslinux.cfg cfg file 1 kb inside the congfig folder disk.cg cfg file 1 kb go file 1 kb ident.cfg cfg file 1 kb network.cfg cfg file 1 kb share.cfg cfg file 1 kb
November 28, 201015 yr ok just to make sure i did that one more time no go still will not boot I have tried 2 a kingston 1g drive and a 2 different verbatim store n go 4 gig drives here are the files i have on my drive config folder bzimage file 2,260 kb bzroot file 53,457 kb license.txt text document 6 kb memtest file 157 kb menu.c32 c32 file 33 kb readme.txt text document 5 kb syslinux.cfg cfg file 1 kb inside the congfig folder disk.cg cfg file 1 kb go file 1 kb ident.cfg cfg file 1 kb network.cfg cfg file 1 kb share.cfg cfg file 1 kb You are missing ldlinux.sys It is the file loaded on the flash drive when you invoke "syslinux -ma X:" (where X = the drive letter of your flash drive when plugged into your windows PC) The Command window you invoke it in must be "Run As Administrator" for it to write to the flash drive and create the ldlinux.sys file. Without that step being correctly performed there is no way the flash drive will boot. You will know it is done when the file exists on the flash drive. It will be a hidden system file, so if using windows file explorer you'll need to set ti to show BOTH hidden and system files. Joe L.
November 28, 201015 yr What do you mean exactly by will not boot? What error are you getting? Can you provide a screenshot? is the label for the usb stick UNRAID (all caps) when you plug it into a Windows machine can you see the hidden system file named ldlinux.sys under the /flash directory?
November 29, 201015 yr Author Joe.. your right that was a file i left off my list but it was on the drive thanks though graywolf 1 & 2 when the computer comes up it is asking for a boot device but if i format the usb stick like a dos boot it comes up to a a: prompt so I think the motherboard should boot if i can get it all right 3. it is UNRAID all caps 4. Yes I can even though i didnt list it in my earlier post
December 6, 201015 yr Try using the utility listed in this post. It may help you get everything set up.
December 6, 201015 yr I could not get my usb sticks to work when i formatted using win 7 but i could boot from an SD card that was formatted with win 7. The SD card was in a card reader connected to the usb port .(free unRAID) Yet when i formatted the usb sticks with XP both sticks it worked fine. I tried formatting one of the sticks again with Win 7 and again the stick would not work...
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