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eguie22
December 2nd, 2010, 10:31 AM
I downloaded the iso from the site and followed the instructions making the usb bootable with the universal usb installer and it simply will not boot. (and yes I did change my boot priority to usb in bios) when I restart the computer it just says "SYSLINUX 4.02 2010-07-21 EDD Copyright (c) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al" I aslo tried making the boot usb with lily and the same thing. is the iso from the site bad? has anyone else encountered this?

C.S.Cameron
December 2nd, 2010, 10:59 AM
I have seen this with a bad iso, check the MD5SUM.

Oops, Welcome to the Forums.
Here is a Link:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

arubislander
December 2nd, 2010, 12:31 PM
What happens if you hit ENTER when you see the SYSLINUX message?

eguie22
December 2nd, 2010, 01:55 PM
What happens if you hit ENTER when you see the SYSLINUX message?

Nothing happens... lol Yea I thought of that too

eguie22
December 2nd, 2010, 02:16 PM
I have seen this with a bad iso, check the MD5SUM.

Oops, Welcome to the Forums.
Here is a Link:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

ok I ran the md5sum and they are the same so iso seems good. any other ideas?

C.S.Cameron
December 2nd, 2010, 03:05 PM
Posting the results of this seems to be helping a few people:

Boot Info Script courtesy of forum member meierfra, (& oldfred)
Page with instructions and download:

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/