Recovery disc not booting correctly (solved)
Submitted by xmanmonk on Sat, 06/05/2010 - 01:11.
When attempting to boot from the Rescue CD, I get the following:
ISOLINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-07-15 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin
Unknown keyword in configuration file.
Unknown keyword in configuration file.
boot:
Now, this seems like a rather user-unfriendly interface, so I assume this is not the way it is supposed to boot. Attempting to check the configuration file in the isolinux folder on the CD resulted in input/output errors. I checked the integrity of the CD with Disk Utility, and it seems happy with the disc. Any ideas?
Hmm. If you can't see the
Hmm.
If you can't see the configuration files and get input/output errors, I can't see how the disk could be fine.
Have you tried burning another copy?
And on a side not, the interface of the Ubuntu-Recue-Remix is a command line only. But, you can use the Rescue-Remix from within a live Ubuntu desktop system. See the download page on how to add the rescue-remix metapackage onto your Ubuntu Live USB system.
Thanks. Burning another copy
Thanks. Burning another copy now. I'll let you know how it goes.
Bad disk. Sorry. My fault.
Bad disk. Sorry. My fault.
OK, how do I mark this as
OK, how do I mark this as resolved?