-- Le (On) 2011-04-20 +0200 à (at) 21:07:57 Urs Beyerle écrivit (wrote): --

> Hi Robert
> 

       Hi Urs,

       thanks for answering so fast :)

> Can you please post your syslinux.cfg, which should be located in the root 
> of your USB flash drive. 

#### demeo:{root}:/mnt/cle1 > cat syslinux.cfg 
display splash.cfg
default linux
prompt 1
timeout 300
F1 help1.txt
F2 help2.txt
F3 help3.txt
F4 help4.txt
F5 splash.cfg

label linux
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz init=linuxrc max_loop=32 ramdisk_size=50000 root=/dev/ram0 rw 

label smp
kernel vmlinuzs
append initrd=initrd.gz init=linuxrc max_loop=32 ramdisk_size=50000 root=/dev/ram0 rw 

label linuxsmp
kernel vmlinuzs
append initrd=initrd.gz init=linuxrc max_loop=32 ramdisk_size=50000 root=/dev/ram0 rw 

label failsafe
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz init=linuxrc max_loop=32 ramdisk_size=50000 root=/dev/ram0 rw  nonet simplex apm=off acpi=off noapic nofstab

label memtest
kernel memtest


> In addition, you should have initrd.gz and 
> vmlinuz in the root of your USB flash drive.
> 
 
       Yes here is the list :

#### demeo:{root}:/mnt/cle1 > ls -la 
total 8820
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root    4096 Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 1970 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root    4096 Mon Jan 31 18:51:46 2011 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1242305 Wed Apr 20 18:31:48 2011 System.map-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 Wed Apr 20 18:31:12 2011 base
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 Wed Apr 20 18:36:10 2011 boot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   66891 Wed Apr 20 18:31:46 2011 config-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   18606 Wed Apr 20 18:23:06 2011 copying
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     548 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 filelist.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 Wed Apr 20 18:31:46 2011 grub
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     887 Wed Apr 20 18:37:54 2011 help1.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     714 Wed Apr 20 18:37:54 2011 help2.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     826 Wed Apr 20 18:37:54 2011 help3.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     822 Wed Apr 20 18:37:54 2011 help4.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5428791 Wed Apr 20 18:31:48 2011 initrd.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root    9660 Wed Apr 20 18:19:50 2011 ldlinux.sys
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     667 Wed Apr 20 18:23:06 2011 license
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    3433 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 livecd.conf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     243 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 livecd.sgn
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     972 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 make_iso.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   82692 Wed Apr 20 18:31:48 2011 memtest
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 modules
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 optional
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 rootcopy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     461 Wed Apr 20 18:37:40 2011 splash.cfg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     477 Wed Apr 20 18:31:48 2011 splash.cfg.tpl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    5528 Wed Apr 20 18:31:48 2011 splash.lss
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  112667 Wed Apr 20 18:31:48 2011 symvers-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     662 Wed Apr 20 18:37:02 2011 syslinux.cfg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1954652 Wed Apr 20 18:31:50 2011 vmlinuz




> Do you see the splash screen with the "boot:" prompt when you boot your usb 
> stick?

       Yes  and I can skip thru the menus <F1> <F2> ...  and the boot
       process start.


> Is the partition, wheresyslinux.cfg,initrd.gz  and vmlinuz are, formatted 
> as FAT16?
> 

       Yes, I think so :

#### demeo:{root}:/home/bobs > fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 4020 MB, 4020240384 bytes
92 heads, 27 sectors/track, 3161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2484 * 512 = 1271808 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        2360     2931106+   e  W95 FAT16 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2            2361        3161      994842   83  Linux


> <snip>

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                               Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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