Im trying to boot System Rescue CD from a USB stick, using rEFInd. I keep getting the message "Failed to open file: isolinux\initram.igz" although I have checked and the file is definitely there.
System: Its a 32bit UEFI tablet with Windows 8.1 currently installed. And yes, secure boot is disabled, USB pendrive is selected 1st in the boot order, no, there is no CSM/Legacy mode.
Ive struggled to get this far, Im not a linux expert though I have used it before. Id be grateful for any pointers. refind.conf is attached.
Thank you!
Last edit: David Joyce 2015-07-29
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First, the filename extension .igz seems improbable; the usual extension is .tgz (with a lowercase T, not a lowercase I). If you've created a manual boot stanza, please verify that the filename is correct.
Beyond that, I've seen this sort of problem occur with very large ISO-9660 filesystems because the ISO-9660 driver included with rEFInd isn't really feature-complete and so flakes out on those filesystems. My investigation suggests that the System Rescue CD image is only about 400MB, which isn't big enough to cause this problem; but if your image is actually bigger than that, you might try creating your USB stick in some other way, such as via UNetbootin.
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Hello All
Im trying to boot System Rescue CD from a USB stick, using rEFInd. I keep getting the message "Failed to open file: isolinux\initram.igz" although I have checked and the file is definitely there.
System: Its a 32bit UEFI tablet with Windows 8.1 currently installed. And yes, secure boot is disabled, USB pendrive is selected 1st in the boot order, no, there is no CSM/Legacy mode.
Ive struggled to get this far, Im not a linux expert though I have used it before. Id be grateful for any pointers. refind.conf is attached.
Thank you!
Last edit: David Joyce 2015-07-29
First, the filename extension
.igzseems improbable; the usual extension is.tgz(with a lowercase T, not a lowercase I). If you've created a manual boot stanza, please verify that the filename is correct.Beyond that, I've seen this sort of problem occur with very large ISO-9660 filesystems because the ISO-9660 driver included with rEFInd isn't really feature-complete and so flakes out on those filesystems. My investigation suggests that the System Rescue CD image is only about 400MB, which isn't big enough to cause this problem; but if your image is actually bigger than that, you might try creating your USB stick in some other way, such as via UNetbootin.