iSecks Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Hey, I just bought a Patriot X-Mini II and for some reason it wont let me install grub with the grubinst_gui program. I tried with a different [small] flash drive and it worked perfectly, but I can't get my new drive to boot from usb. I noticed when I try to install to the x-mini, it automatically checks the "Floppy Image" box. I tried with it both on and off, and it still gives me the same error when I try to boot from it [Disk error]. I also noticed that where it lets you choose the part [Parts List], it only has "Whole Disk (FAT32)" when on the other drive it had "Whole Disk (MBR)" and then the drive partition. Does anyone know how I could get this drive bootable? EDIT: Solved, thanks to H@LO_F00. Reformatting with HP's USB Disk Storage Format Tool fixed the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Are there any errors when you try to install GRUB4DOS? What exactly does it say when you try to boot? Are you running the GUI with Administrator privileges? Can you try to use a different computer to install it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSecks Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 If I uncheck "Floppy Image" in the grubinst_gui.exe Grub4Dos Installer 1.1, I get the error "grubinst: Should be a disk image" If I leave it checked, it looks like it installs fine, but when I boot onto it I get the error: "Disk Error Press any key to retry" [Or reboot, I forget, and I don't have it set up now to test] I'm on XP right now on an Administrator account, and I tried on my XP laptop as well as a friend's XP desktop and get the same errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Hmm, try using the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and see if it will allow you to make a DOS bootable drive and, if so, try booting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSecks Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Hmm, booting the win98 boot disk on it worked perfectly. I don't understand why grub won't work. EDIT: Well, I guess it was just that I had to reformat it with the HP format tool, because it works perfectly now. Every time I did this before it worked just formatting with disk management built into XP. Meh. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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