gfxboot error with liveUSB

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#1

I downloaded the live KDE version of openSUSE 13.2, verified the checksum, and then put it on an USB drive using the Rufus utility - http://rufus.akeo.ie/.

Then I tried to boot the USB drive, but I got the error “Could not find the kernel image: gfxboot” followed by the boot: prompt, scrolling continuously down the page.

Searching for the error on Google turned up quite a few posts on this forum, obviously relating to earlier versions of the distro, but they mention either Unetbootin or Imagewriter.

So can you help me, please?

#2

Hi
Image writer is the best, when you used rufus, what options did you set for the device, mbr, efi?

#3

Hi, I used MBR because I have a Windows 7 computer with BIOS. I set the formatting to fat32.

From reading posts on similar topics, it seems there have been problems with Imagewriter, as I did mention im my original post.

#4

Hi
I would try imagewriter or the other tool mentioned here and see how it goes.
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Create_a_Live_USB_stick_using_Windows

One thing, did you check the md5sum of the iso download?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889768

#5

I clearly stated in my original post that I did verify the checksum, although I used the SHA256 file, not the md5sum one.

I’ll try Imagewriter as you suggest.

#6

I would guess the rufus modifies the ISO for USB booting. That is not need and should not be done with openSUSE. You only need to make a direct binary copy of the iso to the USB device (note NOT a partition, to the device) ie cp name.iso /dev/sdX where sdX is the USB device. This works well I’ve done it several times without problem

#7

Hi, I tried ImageWriter - and it worked! I was able to boot openSUSE 13.2 and browse the distro with almost no problems!

Thank you all for your help.