problems to boot the live dvd, help [Solved]

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problems to boot the live dvd, help [Solved]

Postby mrtnfs » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:36

I have really wanted to try sabayon linux, but I have trouble installing it. I have no DVD reader (or cd) so I'm trying to install from a USB (use the same usb to install gentoo, archlinux, ubuntu, opensuse, and any other distro). I read the guides I found on the wiki but none work for me. try using unetbootin and achieve boot the dvd, but something happens .. I get an error and does not finish booting.

more or less this is what the error says :

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Media not found
No bootable medium found
Looking for the cdrom
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda1
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda2
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda3
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda4
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda5
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda6
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda7
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sda8
Attemptin to mount media: /dev/sdb1
Media not found
could no t find CD to boot, somthing needed
determining root device...
Could not find the root block device in.
Please specify another value or: press Enter for the same. type "shell" for a shell, or "q" to skip...
root block device() ::


I hope someone can help me
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Re: problems to boot the live dvd, help

Postby Fitzcarraldo » Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:34

Before using UNetbootin, did you format the pen drive as FAT32, and did you set the Boot flag on it?

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Re: problems to boot the live dvd, help [Solved]

Postby mrtnfs » Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:22

I thought I had to format in ext3/4 with fat32 worked perfect, thank you very much
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