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plpbt.iso boot hangs at :"Loading plpbt.bin...ready".
johnhc:
I have used plpbt.iso for some time on my VM (VMware Player) with no problems. I burned the iso to a CD and booted into my new HW and it hung after the header message ending in "Loading plpbt.bin...ready". Only the Ctl-Alt-Del keys seem to work. My new HW is an ASRock 990FX Professional with a UEFI BIOS (latest 1.50). I have no USB flash sticks plugged, but do have a wireless mouse which uses a USB (2.0) dongle. Please let me know what other information is needed. Thanks much for any help. Enjoy, John.
Elmar:
try the floppy image instead of the iso
regards
elmar
johnhc:
Thanks for your quick reply, Elmar. I have booted plopkexec.img floppy image in my VM and it says waiting for a Linux USB stick. I would like to boot into a prompt like the star field that allows me to select a device to boot from. I need a way to boot one of several disks/partitions on my machine into Windows. This is just an emergency measure I am preparing for and what I see in the plpbt.iso on my VM is what I think I need. I have almost no knowledge of Linux and may not even be booting the correct image. I see in the [BOOT] folder of the Plop package I DLed an image called Bootable_NoEmulation.img. Is this what I am to be using? It is only 2 KB and seems too small. Thanks again and enjoy, John.
Elmar:
i dont mean plopkexec. you have to use the plpbt.img
johnhc:
Thanks again, elmar. I am showing my ignorance now. I tried to burn the plpbt.img to a DVD using ImgBurn and Windows (W7 x64). Both said it was not a valid disc image. I connected it to my VM as a floppy and it booted just fine and shows the star field. I do not have a floppy drive on this machine. I can see the files on the VM system. Can I copy these files onto a bootable flash drive? Can you point me to a explanation of how to do this. I have made USB sticks to boot DOS and WinPE but never with an .img file. Thanks and enjoy, John.
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