Do you understand what all the different steps are actually doing? Its not completly clear to me too, as the site does not explain all the exact details, but I think the following things NEED TO BE DONE:
a) The Memory stick must be cleared to a working state with a clean new partition formatted with a useable filing system. b)The contents of the .ISO must be unpacked to individual files, and they must be be put into the correct directories of the filing system c) A "boot sector", and boot structures must be put in the right sectors of the memory stick partition, so the BIOS knows how to boot the Linux kernel. So I think the instructions do this (step by step) Step 1 format the flash drive, so it has a working filing system (FAT32) on it, so you can put files on it, but also boot sectors and other stuff, like directory structures etc. This is equivalent to step a) Step 2 gOSconvert32 is a windows executable, what it apparently does is creating the directory infrastructures needed on the flash drive, so you can put the contents of the .ISO file in the right directory (or the .ISO file itself, and the contents are later unpacked to files by a later step). Step 3 asks you to download the ISO, you would normally use an "image burner" program, which "reads" the .ISO, and uses the information in it to create boot structures, and "unpacks" the iso to different directories and files there in, in this case just the .ISO (un- unpacked) is placed in a base directory. Step 4 then runs a (windows) script, supposedly it must do the "magic stuff", that is creating the boot sectors and boot infrastructure, and unpacking the .ISO to different files. it is NOT enough (IMHO) to just create a few more directories. After all the steps are done, you should have a memory stick that when inspected should show the same files and structures as a burned live CD, and also has (invisible for the user) all the stuff necessary for the BIOS to read a bootsector, that contains boot code that loads and runs the linux kernel (the CD has those too, but differently implemented) . What you should NOT see on the memory sticks is just a single .ISO file, in that case the .ISO file is not unpacked, and the bootcode cannot handle running things directly from an unpacked .ISO file, it needs the discrete files, especially the discreet kernel (VMLINUZ) file. On 16 dec, 17:40, Vic <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the lack of info. > Here is what I have done: > > first try: > -install gOSConvert3.exe and put gos iso IN the pen drive. > -run fixgOS2.bat > -when i try to boot receive a message of something about kernell > missing and want location of boot file > -also tried to run makeaboot.bat but receive a error message in win > xp, in win vista selected run as admin and it looks like it work > (window close before can read) > > second try: > -install gOSConvert3.exe and put gos iso IN the HD > -run fixgOS2.bat and point to pen drive > -when i try to boot receive nothing (black screen) > > Anything I am doing wrong? > > PS: fixgOS2.bat installs the folowing floders/sub folders in the pen > drive > > syslinux\win32 > casper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
