[Bio-Linux] trouble booting bio linux usb

Tim Booth tbooth at ceh.ac.uk
Thu Jun 18 07:05:33 EDT 2015


Hi Yessica,

I'm switching your message from "bio-linux-dev" to "bio-linux" as the
discussion list is much more appropriate for this question, and I think
it might be where you intended to post anyway.  Please join the list at:

http://nebclists.nerc.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/bio-linux

Sorry to hear you are having trouble getting Bio-Linux to boot, and I'm
glad you are persisting.

You are trying to make a Bio-Linux USB stick on Linux Mint using the
default USB maker tool in Mint.  I've not tried this myself but my guess
is that the Mint USB tool will be quite specific to the version of
SYSLinux being used (that's the thing that makes the USB boot).  That
certainly explains the error you got when trying Bio-Linux 7.  I'm not
sure about Bio-Linux 8 but I suspect it is a similar thing.

Please try using the UNetBootIn tool with the Bio-Linux 8 image.  I
think on recent versions of Mint you will just be able to do "apt-get
install unetbootin" or else you'll have to get it from
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/.

Let me know if that works.

Cheers,

TIM




On Wed, 2015-06-17 at 17:38 -0500, yessica Parera wrote:
> Hi everyone! My names is Yessica Parera, Im a master student from
> Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, now Im doing some research
> about marine actinomycetes, and Im looking forward to use your bio
> linux package, my computer is a  hp laptop with intel corei3, 6 gb on
> ram and currently SO Linux Mint Qiana. I want to use bio linux as my
> new OS. 
> 
> 
> I downloaded the OS Bio linux 8 from your website, and mount it on a
> usb using the option in the menu of mint. 
> After booting my laptop, and selecting the option to boot from usb,
> nothing happens and mi current OS starts normally.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I tried downloading the Bio linux 7 and booting, but this message
> comes to screen:
> 
> 
> SYSLINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-07-15 EBIOS Copyright (c)1994-2008 H Peter
> Anvin Unknown keyword in configuration file Boot
> 
> 
> Im new usign linux and I apologize for my ingnorance, but I cant thing
> on anythings esle to do. 
> 
> 
> I would really appreciate your help.
> 
> 
> Best regards. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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