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Cannot boot to live

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:42 pm
by leegold
Is there something I should know or didn't do right? I put the iso on a USB thumb drives and tried the "live". It gets to the login and puts the word "ghostbsd " in the login field. I press enter and then it says it cannot log in. Used latest version as of now. I can give more info if you tell me what you need. Thanks.

GhostBSD11.1-xfce-amd64.iso, Using Rufus on Win10:

Rufus version: 2.18.1213
Windows version: Windows 10 64-bit (Build 14393)
Syslinux versions: 4.07/2013-07-25, 6.03/2014-10-06
Grub versions: 0.4.6a, 2.02
System locale ID: 0x0409
Will use default UI locale 0x0409
SetLGP: Successfully set NoDriveTypeAutorun policy to 0x0000009E
Localization set to 'en-US'
Found USB 2.0 device 'SanDisk Cruzer USB Device' (0781:5530)
Using autorun.inf label for drive E: 'ISOIMAGE'
Found USB 2.0 device 'SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB Device' (0781:5575)
2 devices found
Disk type: Removable, Disk size: 8GB, Sector size: 512 bytes
Cylinders: 973, Tracks per cylinder: 255, Sectors per track: 63
Partition type: MBR, NB Partitions: 1
Disk ID: 0x0001EF7B
Drive has a Syslinux Master Boot Record
Partition 1:
Type: FAT32 LBA (0x0c)
Size: 7.5 GB (8003256320 bytes)
Start Sector: 2048, Boot: Yes
Scanning image...
ISO analysis:
Image is an ISO9660 image
Detected Grub version: 2.02~beta2
Disk image analysis:
Image has an unknown Master Boot Record
Image is a bootable disk image
ISO label: 'GhostBSD'
Size: 3.5 GB (Projected)
Uses: GRUB2
Note: This ISO uses symbolic links, which will not be replicated due to file system limitations.
Because of this, some features from this image may not work...
Using image: GhostBSD11.1-xfce-amd64.iso (2.2 GB)
Will reuse 'core.img' from './rufus_files/grub-2.02~beta2/' for Grub 2.x installation

Format operation started
Requesting disk access...
Opened \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 for exclusive write access
Requesting lock...
Will use 'E:' as volume mountpoint
I/O boundary checks disabled
Requesting lock...
Analyzing existing boot records...
Drive has a Syslinux Master Boot Record
Volume has an unknown Partition Boot Record
Clearing MBR/PBR/GPT structures...
Erasing 128 sectors
Deleting partitions...
Partitioning (MBR)...
Closing existing volume...
Waiting for logical drive to reappear...
Formatting (FAT32)...
Using cluster size: 4096 bytes
Quick format was selected
Creating file system...
Format completed.
Writing master boot record...
Drive has a Zeroed Master Boot Record
Partition is already FAT32 LBA...
Set bootable USB partition as 0x80
Using Grub 2.0 MBR
Writing Grub 2.0 SBR (from download) ✓
Found volume GUID \\?\Volume{94b89241-fbd0-11e7-b50e-001eec19d084}\
Opened \\?\Volume{94b89241-fbd0-11e7-b50e-001eec19d084} for exclusive write access
Writing partition boot record...
Using Standard FAT32 partition boot record
Confirmed new volume has a primary FAT32 boot sector
Setting primary FAT32 boot sector for boot...
Confirmed new volume has a secondary FAT32 boot sector
Setting secondary FAT32 boot sector for boot...
Successfully remounted \\?\Volume{94b89241-fbd0-11e7-b50e-001eec19d084}\ on E:
Copying ISO files...
Extracting files...
Image is an ISO9660 image
This image will be extracted using Rock Ridge extensions (if present)
Extracting: E:\.rnd (1 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\cat (13.0 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\chflags (8.3 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\chio (19.3 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\chmod (9.2 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\cp (20.7 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\csh (413.9 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\date (24.0 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\dd (27.8 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\df (19.6 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\domainname (6.1 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\echo (7.1 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\ed (58.3 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\expr (19.8 KB)
Extracting: E:\bin\freebsd-version (3.1 KB)
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Extracting: E:\etc\ssh\ssh_config (1.7 KB)
Extracting: E:\etc\ssl\cert.pem (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to '/usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt'
Extracting: E:\etc\ssl\openssl.cnf (10.7 KB)
Extracting: E:\etc\sysctl.conf (656 bytes)
Extracting: E:\etc\syslog.conf (1.5 KB)
Extracting: E:\etc\termcap (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to '/usr/share/misc/termcap'
Extracting: E:\etc\termcap.small (12 KB)
Extracting: E:\etc\ttys (2 KB)
Extracting: E:\etc\unbound (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to '../var/unbound'
Extracting: E:\etc\X11\xorg.conf.orig (10.3 KB)
Extracting: E:\etc\X11\xorg.conf.vbox (1.7 KB)
Extracting: E:\home (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to 'usr/home'
Extracting: E:\lib\casper\libcap_dns.so.0 (16.3 KB)
Extracting: E:\lib\casper\libcap_grp.so.0 (15.9 KB)
Extracting: E:\lib\casper\libcap_pwd.so.0 (15.7 KB)
Extracting: E:\lib\casper\libcap_random.so.0 (6.9 KB)
Extracting: E:\lib\casper\libcap_sysctl.so.0 (8.9 KB)
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Extracting: E:\sbin\nfsiod (7.1 KB)
Extracting: E:\sbin\nologin (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to '../usr/sbin/nologin'
Extracting: E:\sbin\nos-tun (9.8 KB)
Extracting: E:\sbin\nvmecontrol (28.1 KB)
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Extracting: E:\sbin\zpool (98.4 KB)
Extracting: E:\sys (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to 'usr/src/sys'
Extracting: E:\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi (141.5 KB)
Extracting: E:\System\Library\CoreServices\SystemVersion.plist (242 bytes)
Extracting: E:\System\Library\CoreServices\.disk_label (2.2 KB)
Extracting: E:\System\Library\CoreServices\.disk_label.contentDetails (16 bytes)
Extracting: E:\var\crash\minfree (5 bytes)
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Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\etc\remote (2.6 KB)
Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\etc\rmt (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to '../usr/sbin/rmt'
Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\etc\rpc (1.6 KB)
Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\etc\security\audit_class (643 bytes)
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Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\sys (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to 'usr/src/sys'
Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\usr\share\man\en.UTF-8\man1 (0 bytes)
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Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\var\crash\minfree (5 bytes)
Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\.cshrc (957 bytes)
Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\current\.profile (249 bytes)
Extracting: E:\var\db\etcupdate\log (150.1 KB)
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Extracting: E:\var\db\locate.database (0 bytes)
Extracting: E:\var\db\mergemaster.mtree (28 KB)
Extracting: E:\var\db\pkg\GhostBSD.meta (246 bytes)
Extracting: E:\var\db\pkg\local.sqlite (60.1 MB)
Extracting: E:\var\db\pkg\repo-GhostBSD.sqlite (40.6 MB)
Extracting: E:\var\db\services.db (2 MB)
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Extracting: E:\var\yp\Makefile (0 bytes)
Ignoring Rock Ridge symbolic link to 'Makefile.dist'
Extracting: E:\var\yp\Makefile.dist (22.0 KB)
Extracting: E:\.cshrc (957 bytes)
Extracting: E:\.profile (249 bytes)
Finalizing, please wait...
Created: E:autorun.inf
Created: E:autorun.ico

Found USB 2.0 device 'SanDisk Cruzer USB Device' (0781:5530)
Using autorun.inf label for drive E: 'GhostBSD'
Found USB 2.0 device 'SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB Device' (0781:5575)
2 devices found
Disk type: Removable, Disk size: 8GB, Sector size: 512 bytes
Cylinders: 973, Tracks per cylinder: 255, Sectors per track: 63
Partition type: MBR, NB Partitions: 1
Disk ID: 0x000B1D46
Drive has a Grub 2.0 Master Boot Record
Partition 1:
Type: FAT32 LBA (0x0c)
Size: 7.5 GB (8003256320 bytes)
Start Sector: 2048, Boot: Yes


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Re: Cannot boot to live

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:57 pm
by leegold
Hello,

Could someone help?

During the live boot I see:

"Failed to execute login command"

I get the desktop but I cannot login, the login username "ghostbsd" is in the login field but pressing return again gives message "Failed to execute login command".

So I get a spash or ive desktop but I cannot login...GhostBsd cannot login.

Could someone help please?

Re: Cannot boot to live

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:18 pm
by leegold
The problem is I used Rufus to make the bootable drive. I read it won't work with Ghostbsd.

Re: Cannot boot to live

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:29 am
by ericbsd
I always use dd for writing a USB stick, but if you are Windows I recommend win32 it has always worked for me, I never used Rufus so I can't say that would be the problem. I know that you are not the first to reports this issue I do not know if the other has used, Rufus.