Unable to create Live USB

[penguinlover]

I have tried creating Live USB for PCL OS E17 ISO. (Full)...

I created the Live USB using Unetbootin 5.02 ...The USB initially boots fine ....But I am dropped to a shell  after a couple of messages like

"Probing Sda1, Probing sda2 [Ok],probing sda3[ok] ...


Dropping to shell

$>

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Edit : I just noticed the qn in the same section for creating Live USB..It is mentioned that I create a filesystem using Gparted and give Disk label

Currently I just use mkdosfs -F32 /dev/sdb ..What is wrong in this approach? I am asking as some distros gbootup but mepis is also giving me trouble b dropping to shell...Just want to understand the problem..How can Disk Label be so impoortant?

I tried to create using the "dd" command but the result is the same..


How to create live USB?
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[parnote]

penguinlover,

I suspect that you'll have better success with our own in-house tool, created by Just19. It's called PCLinuxOS LiveUSB Creator, and can be found in the PCLinuxOS repository. It will walk you through each and every step of creating the LiveUSB. You can put multiple ISOs on there, and you can choose whether or not you want to have persistence.

Also, you're likely to have better luck formatting your USB flash drive as ext2 or ext3. NOT ext4.

I hope this helps!

parnote

[penguinlover]

Thanks ...But how do I access the repo ?? It would be an "rpm" file right...

In that case , I cant open with Windows or Debian(.deb) ..

I have to install an RPM based distro first and then install it?

Is it something like Mandriva seed -- "exe" file??

[parnote]

My apologies. I presumed that you were already using PCLinuxOS, and it never occurred to me that you were still on Windows, attempting to make a LiveUSB. In that case, Unetbootn is probably your best choice, but I would see if you can find a utility (I know there used to be one, back when I was on Windows) that will allow you to format the USB flash drive as ext2 or ext3.

Hold on, while some of the other gurus show up. 

parnote

[Crow]

parnote, gparted works as a live CD and is a great tool


Edit. I think Easeus http://www.easeus.com/ can format in ext2 and ext3 and works form windows, it has a free version.

[penguinlover]

Thanks parnote..

I am not a purely windows guy but have a linux distro already -.. If you want me to format the USB stick as an "ext 2 " partition also I can very well do that,,In that case , I have to run Unetbootin for Linux..

I have seen that Unetbootin for linux is not as efficient as unetbootin (win version)...Most of the time the linux unetbootin doesnt create a bootable stick...

But I dont know if partitioning it as "FAT32" is the problem ...

Maybe I will try to partition as ext2 and try UNB for Linux

The problem of partitioning in ext2 and using under win would fail I think as the moment I insert the disk , WIN will scold and warn the Partition Table is Bad , you want to format?"

[penguinlover]

Think this could be the solution

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/