Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: Boot from USB on old PC - wrong menu!
started by: EB1000
Posted by EB1000 on May 14 2013,11:59
Hi

I've completed my multiboot usb (created from iso using balder's script). It works OK from my both new laptot and new desktop.. But today I tested it on an old laptop.. Instead of booting the menu I created (saved as myusb.ezb) it boots from the example menu named default.ezb also located on ezboot folder.. Do I have to delete the default.ezb and rename my project as default? Why is this only happening on some computers?

Thanks
Posted by balder on May 14 2013,12:59
@EB1000

Quote: "Do I have to delete the default.ezb and rename my project as default?"

No, this is not needed :cool:

In fact, you can have extra folders of 'disk1' with 'special stuff - read < HERE >

Note: I have 6 different 'disk1'-folders with different layouts etcetera :)

In fact, you can even rename folder EZBOOT to something different if it amuses you :D
Lets say you create a second 'root folder' (folder 'disk1' is the root in EasyBoot)
I use simply folder names 'disk2', 'disk3'......
Anyway... Let's say you create a second 'root folder' using 'disk2' as name to this second 'root folder'
Inside 'disk2' you create a folder EB1000 (or rename folder EZBOOT). Folder EB1000 is now the new 'boot-folder (instead of 'normal' EZBOOT)

There is no limits

Make sure that menu you have decided to be the 'start menu' must be save as 'Main Menu' :O
Important! You can only have ONE 'Main Menu'
In case you accidentally have saved two different menus as 'Main Menu', it is in theory possible that this happens as you described it ???

regards balder
Posted by EB1000 on May 14 2013,14:56
Thanks. But this still does not solve my problem. The menu I created is the only one and saved as main menu.. The projects works ok on most pc's except one laptop that for some reason boots to the easyboot default example menu template...
Posted by balder on May 15 2013,02:38
@EB1000

Quote: "boots to the easyboot default example menu template"

Do you need 'default example' at all in your build?

If not, delete 'default example' :O

Note: I always delete files not needed in build to reduce size of it :)
Backgrounds that is not used take some space, and it happens I use CD\RW as test subject and must reduce total size to a minimum, to make it fit into such CD\RW :cool:

regards balder
Posted by EB1000 on May 15 2013,04:43
OK  confirmed, there is a bug in easyboot for some old pc.. I deleted default.ezb and now I get error that default.ezb is missing.. The only solution is to rename my project to default by using save as option... I wonder why is this happening only on some old computers...