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« on: February 15, 2011, 02:13:21 PM » |
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Hi guys..
Day 3... I been trying to get Linux KDE work on my windows vista comp.. but when I try to boot it using my USB it says
Please remove any disks or media, then press any key to continue.. something like that..
not too good with computers so... please help..
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TerryN
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2011, 02:27:59 PM » |
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Are you the guy from the IRC channel who is trying to boot PCLinuxOS using Windows VM software called "Mobalive" ?
As we said on the IRC channel, we can't really help much with Windows VM software.
We suggest you create a LiveCD and try booting that.
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2011, 02:30:22 PM » |
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Lol yeah it was me  , I tryed creating a liveCD and tryed to boot it but it still says remove any disks or media and press any key to contuine... =( |
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2011, 02:33:09 PM » |
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Would you mind to try other virtualization software???
=> VirtualBox would be a good possibility I think.....
And did you use the LiveCD to really boot the OS on your hardware (so: turning of pc, putting in CD, starting from PCLinuxOS-cd)
=> do you still get that message then?
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2011, 02:46:14 PM » |
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Ok I will try Virtual Box
And yep turned of pc, putting in CD, started from PCLinuxOS-cd.
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2011, 02:53:49 PM » |
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Ok I will try Virtual Box
And yep turned of pc, putting in CD, started from PCLinuxOS-cd.
You did check the md5sum of the ISO, and where does the CD stops (do you see the GRUB menu, where you can choose if you want to start PCLinuxOS normal, or in VESA-mode, or doing a media check or....?) |
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2011, 02:57:01 PM » |
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I don't get it Kev1230,
You are trying to boot a live-cd directly or just playing on Windows with some virtual solution?
What did you do exactly before that happened?
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2011, 03:02:38 PM » |
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Well, I started doing it directly from windows but since it gave me that error, I tryed restarting my pc.. and pressing the usal F12 to boot the USB but after it starts booting it says ' Remove any disks or media and then try again.. '
it doesn't go past this error..
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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2011, 03:08:03 PM » |
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How did you place it on the USB flash drive?
Did you try to boot from the CD??? => press F12 on booting, and select CD/DVD
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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2011, 03:10:25 PM » |
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I used PowerISO to extract it to the USB.
Nope, I boot by pressing F12 at the start then choosing USB-ZIP.
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« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2011, 03:11:23 PM » |
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Well, I started doing it directly from windows but since it gave me that error, I tryed restarting my pc.. and pressing the usal F12 to boot the USB but after it starts booting it says ' Remove any disks or media and then try again.. '
it doesn't go past this error..
Ah... I see, You have problem with the media you try. It has nothing to do with PCLinuxOS at all. The problem is that your usb stick either has no boot record or you did something wrongly. BIOS used to show such messages in similar cases. |
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« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2011, 03:17:54 PM » |
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I used PowerISO to extract it to the USB.
Nope, I boot by pressing F12 at the start then choosing USB-ZIP.
You cannot copy files from a bootable iso to your usb and expect it to boot!!! The boot record is missing. Burn the iso to a CD maybe CDRW but not copy just the files on it. Burn the ISO as is! |
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« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2011, 03:19:37 PM » |
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I tryed burning them into the CD but it says its full when I formatted it so many times.. :S, so I moved to USB lol
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« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2011, 03:21:55 PM » |
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I tryed burning them into the CD but it says its full when I formatted it so many times.. :S, so I moved to USB lol
If it's not a rewritable CD you cannot use it again. If you want to use a USB drive/Flash Drive, use Unetbootin. |
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« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2011, 03:29:25 PM » |
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I tryed burning them into the CD but it says its full when I formatted it so many times.. :S, so I moved to USB lol
I doubt Tex made an ISO which not fit on a regular CD. That one must be bad or with a lower capacity. |
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