Another USB Install Problem Thread

[asagorcus]

Ok I have tried everything I know of to install Backtrack 5 R1 on a USB Flash Drive.

Md5 Checksum is correct: 49f3dda1e617cb6f4045735766839690 BT5r1-GNOME-32

I have installed it into a VM and it works.

I have used unetbootin (up to date version), LiLi (also up to date), Universal USB Installer (again up to date)

I have tried using persistent or not. With persistent changes enables it simple gives me a Boot Error. With no persistent here's a pic of the screen errors: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2351/111022001.jpg Sorry its blurry.

I have tried each step on the three flash drives that I own. One of them I used for BACKTRACK 3 for the longest time without any trouble. I also want to say all flash drives are in perfect working order. One of them is brand new as of yesterday.

Any ideas on what to do next?

I thank you for taking the time to read this.

[snafu777]

asagorcus,

I use the very same version you are trying to use; and it works well. Are you using a 4GB or greater thumbdrive?

[clone]

why not rule out the iso, your usb flash drives, and usb ports completely by burning the iso to DVD?

it's not necessarily a solution, but may help you troubleshoot the problem by simple isolation of less possible factors. if this fails, you have a problem with the system.

hope this helps you

[asagorcus]

Thanx for the replies.

I have not yet burned it to a disk but I will do that to see if that works.

Two of the flash drives I used were 8gig and the third one was a 4gig.

It just seems to be a very odd problem and it probably is something
insanely simple that I just have not tried yet.

I'm gonna burn the ISO now and let you know if that works.

Well the strangeness continues but it is manageable enough for me.

The Live DVD worked fine.

So I thought I would switch the USB port I was using to plug the flash drive into.
I had been using the front port. So I tried one of the back Ports. And I was able
to get into BT5 using the default option. Awesome! But I had made a persistent partition(file)
when I put BT on the drive. So i rebooted and tried the persistence mode. DOH!
Same errors as the picture I added in my original post.

So I can get into Backtrack and do what I need to do = Awesome. But I can't utilize
the neato persistence mode to save my settings = DOH!

If anyone has any info how I can get persistence mode working I would very much
appreciate it.

UPDATE

Apparently there is something off when using Backtrack 5 Persistence with a Gigabyte GA-880ga-ud3h motherboard
because it works on my laptop. Which is good enough for me.

Thanx for all of your help everybody!

-Asag