Busybox Initramfs with Live USB

[Zak]

Hello!  I have been using R9 for a few months and am trying to upgrade to R10 using the same method I used to install R9, a live usb created with Multiboot.  I get to a screen that says R10, but then the next screen shows Busybox and an Initramfs prompt.  I imagine that maybe the image didn't get loaded right to the USB and can download again, but wanted to see if anyone had any other ideas before I do that.

Thanks!

[bob]

How are you creating the bootable USB?

Windows = USBWriter.
Linux = dd bs=8M if=/your/dir of=/dev/yourusb (run as root && sync

ain't failed me yet.

[Zak]

Hi Bob -

thanks for the quick reply!  I used multiboot in linux.  Works great for R9 and other distros. 

One thing I noticed is that after I choose the Live option and get the R10 writing in the middle of the screen, the DVD player gets activated....as if the program is looking for info there.  Not sure if that means anything to anyone, but thought I would add the information.

[bob]

Try this:

sudo -i
login as root

dd bs=8M if=/yourwattosdir of=/dev/yourusb && sync

Try it and let us know.

[billwho]

If you use:

sudo -s <enter>

you will be logged in as root, but will use your current environment.

It is useful if have defined aliases or other tools, they will be available.

[Zak]

Thanks guys.  I was primarily wondering if this message I was getting had a specific fix.  I went ahead and redownloaded it and did a liveUSB with MultiBootusb and all is well.  Thanks!