11.4 X 64 USB Installation Problem - "SysLinux 4.03 2010-10-22 EDD Copyright" Error message

[Aspire_7474]

I am hoping one of your folks can help me resolve the following issue:

(I searched the forum to check if someone has reported this issue earlier and hence for a possible solution.)

I have a Acer Aspire 5552-7474 with the following configuration:

AMD phenom II X4 N970
4GB Ram
Atheros AR5B97 Wireless adaptor
320 GB HDD

I downloaded and burned (via both unetbootin and Suse Image Wrote), the 64 bit KDE 11.4 iso onto a USB (formatted and cleaned out several times) but I get stuck at boot process and dont go past the following message:

Syslinux 4.03 2010-10-22 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H.Peter Anvin et all

I made sure that the the iso is not corrupted via the Winmd5sum utility and it came back OK.

I also downloaded Ubuntu 11.10 X 64 as a test and encountered the same problem.

After searching the net, it seemed that one needs to edit the syslinux.cfg file to replace the following line : uigfxboot bootlogo command and drop “ui”. I couldnt locate this command in the syslinux.cfg (on Ubuntu using unetbootin) so I added it and tried to kick off the installation process but still no luck.

I would like to install OpenSuse 11.4 KDE X 64 ideally instead of Ubuntu or other distro’s. Has anyone come across this behavior? If yes, how did you fix it?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Edward_Iii]

Hello Aspire_7474 and welcome to the community!

@Aspire_7474

I downloaded and burned (via both unetbootin and Suse Image Wrote), the 64 bit KDE 11.4 iso onto a USB (formatted and cleaned out several times) but I get stuck at boot process and dont go past the following message:

Syslinux 4.03 2010-10-22 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H.Peter Anvin et all

I made sure that the the iso is not corrupted via the Winmd5sum utility and it came back OK.

I also downloaded Ubuntu 11.10 X 64 as a test and encountered the same problem.

I’ve never encountered such problem, but looking at it I think it’s either your laptop or the USB.

I recommend you try it on a different computer.
You can also try a different USB flash drive.

@Aspire_7474

After searching the net, it seemed that one needs to edit the syslinux.cfg file to replace the following line : uigfxboot bootlogo command and drop “ui”. I couldnt locate this command in the syslinux.cfg (on Ubuntu using unetbootin) so I added it and tried to kick off the installation process but still no luck.

I tried searching for the problem and I could only find this trick for a certain Ubuntu version.
Could you give a link to where you found this information?

Best of luck!

[lenwolf]

Hi,

I also had this problem once and got it solved by formatting the USB stick to FAT8
before copying the iso on it.

HTH

Lenwolf

[Aspire_7474]

Ed,

Thanks for your reply. You are right re dropping the “ui” in the uigfxboot bootlogo command. I came across this on a Ubuntu forum. Since I had Ubuntu iso burned on the USB as a test, I tried this trick to check if Ubuntu installer will work, but with no success. Sorry for not making this clear in the original thread below.

Len,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try it tonight and let you know if this trick will work.

[Aspire_7474]

FYI - This is a brand new Acer. Came in last Thursday shipped with Win 7 home edition. I tried to make the USB with both new laptop and with another laptop with Win 7 Pro.