Parted Magic

[babbar]

won't work for me i load option #1 and i get this error, "PMAGIC-5.7.SQFS cannot be found"

 

i know it has something to do with the file name under ...PMAGIC\PMODULES

it looks for PMAGIC-5.7.SQFS

but in the directory it's PMAGIC_5.7.SQFS

 

i extracted the .iso, renamed the file and burned the folders to a cd, but it won't boot.

 

is there a way to get around this without using a usb key.

[RAM GUY]

You will need to use the Burn image command from the CD-R software or just use Alcohol 120 to burn the image

[babbar]

yeah i know how to burn it to a cd, it's not booting though getting an error message

[Synbios]

yeah i know how to burn it to a cd, it's not booting though getting an error message

 

No you don't and RAM GUY told you what you need to do.

 

You need to burn the CD image (.iso), you can use ImgBurn to do this. You are not supposed to extract .iso's and copy the folders over, it doesn't work that way.

 

Also check out this thread, you could setup a USB drive as well:

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=85816

[babbar]

No you don't and RAM GUY told you what you need to do.

 

You need to burn the CD image (.iso), you can use ImgBurn to do this. You are not supposed to extract .iso's and copy the folders over, it doesn't work that way.

 

Also check out this thread, you could setup a USB drive as well:

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=85816

 

if i burn the image directly to a cd when parted magic starts to boot it searches for "PMAGIC-5.7.SQFS" but the file is named "PMAGIC_5.7.SQFS" so i get an error message saying PMAGIC-5.7.SQFS not found.

 

that's why i extracted the .iso to rename the file...

 

saw your post

title Parted Magic

find --set-root /pmagic-5.6.iso

map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /pmagic-5.6.iso (hd32)

map --hook

root (hd32)

chainloader (hd32)

 

thanks that was what i was looking for works when i boot to usb

[RAM GUY]

What connector do you have your CD Rom connected to? I had the same eror when I had my CD-ROM/DVD-ROM connected to the E-SATA Port. I had to move to another controller. You might try the CD on another system and see if it boots normally.

[Synbios]

if i burn the image directly to a cd when parted magic starts to boot it searches for "PMAGIC-5.7.SQFS" but the file is named "PMAGIC_5.7.SQFS" so i get an error message saying PMAGIC-5.7.SQFS not found.

 

Sorry I misunderstood your scenario, but it sounds to me that this is a typo on the folk over at Parted Magic.

[babbar]

What connector do you have your CD Rom connected to? I had the same eror when I had my CD-ROM/DVD-ROM connected to the E-SATA Port. I had to move to another controller. You might try the CD on another system and see if it boots normally.

 

i tried it on a laptop but got the same message error

 

Sorry I misunderstood your scenario, but it sounds to me that this is a typo on the folk over at Parted Magic.

 

all is well now, i made a multiboot usb and was having trouble with the menu codes until i saw your post on another thread, thanks again.

[uscool]

hi, parted magic worked fine on asus m4a79xtd evo board, burining iso to dvd, with the settings on baord to sata and ahci for hard drive and dvd drive, now i got a new board a Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H and i get same error, its got sata 3 , set it to ahci just get the same error, i set it to ide, freezes on screen where it says done, done, done followed by freezes on setting up devices part, i also moved the dvd drive to sata 2 port as ide . anyone help me

 

thanks

[Synbios]

I would check with the Parted Magic support/forums, also you do not need to plug an optical drive to a SATA3 port.

 

If you want it to just work, I recommend just using a USB drive I think it's a lot easier at this point.

[blackops]

hi, parted magic worked fine on asus m4a79xtd evo board, burining iso to dvd, with the settings on baord to sata and ahci for hard drive and dvd drive, now i got a new board a Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H and i get same error, its got sata 3 , set it to ahci just get the same error, i set it to ide, freezes on screen where it says done, done, done followed by freezes on setting up devices part, i also moved the dvd drive to sata 2 port as ide . anyone help me

 

thanks

 

I've noticed not all motherboards are compatible with partedmagic. Try:

 

HDDERASE 3.3 or 4.0

GParted

[uscool]

Think your right, i put it back in the Asus board, it booted fine, in bios as sata, ahci, was in frozen state so did the boot parted, remove power , data from ssd reconnect retry and it worked, but now after installing windows, im getting reduced speed, windows usually gives it a 7.3 score, now its gone to 7.1 and also ran HD tune its gone slower, i think this is because i installed the new AMD southbridge driver, well im gonna order a ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 will secure erase it again, and see how it goes .

 

Thanks