1 Topic by ronkkrop

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Topic: changing boot directory USB Flash

Firstly,  I love gparted, I use it nearly every day.  Typically I don't have problems with it and this is really more of an annoyance, enough so to send me to the forums for help.

I've changed the boot directory for syslinux with:
syslinux -ma -d boot f:


where the issue comes in is that i'd like to have the folder named "live" within the boot directory.
syslinux.cfg entries look like:

label gparted
  kernel /boot/live/vmlinuz
  append initrd=/boot/live/initrd.img boot=boot/live config  noswap noprompt  ip=frommedia  nosplash

but it fails at:
Begin:  Mounting root file system ... /init .: line 215 can't open '/scripts/boot/live'

how can this be addressed?

2 Reply by gedakc

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Re: changing boot directory USB Flash

Personally I haven't tried changing the boot directory.

This is only a guess, but you might try a folder name other than "live" in case it is a reserved word or something.

3 Reply by ronkkrop

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Re: changing boot directory USB Flash

gedakc wrote:

Personally I haven't tried changing the boot directory.

This is only a guess, but you might try a folder name other than "live" in case it is a reserved word or something.

the zip file ships with the folder being called "live" and upon further testing, I've learned that having it in ANY place other than f:\live\ will not work.