Open avila opened 6 years ago
avila
commented
6 years ago Ok...
After reading the content of /tmp/multibootusb.log, I found the solution, that is, manually downloading
https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/blob/master/data/tools/gptmbr.bin
and saving in under
/usr/share/multibootusb/data/tools
now the process exits successfully (but I did not try yet to boot from usb)
GabrielLPAbreu
commented
6 years ago I can confirm that this problem also happens with the RPM package for Fedora.
hrvoj3e
commented
6 years ago It still happens on Manjaro
Using python version 3.7.0 (default, Jul 15 2018, 10:44:58)
[GCC 8.1.1 20180531] on platform Linux-4.14.66-1-MANJARO-x86_64-with-arch-Manjaro-Linux
Could not find resource 'data/tools/gdisk/gdisk.exe'.
Running multibootusb version 9.2.0 from installed system...
Starting multibootusb GUI...
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
Cleaning old multibootusb directory...
Syslinux exist in multibootusb directory...
Using pyudev for detecting USB drives...
/dev/sdc
/dev/sdc1
Selected device /dev/sdc
Device /dev/sdc is a GPT disk...
USB disk is not mounted and can't update list widget...
Selected device /dev/sdc1
Device /dev/sdc1 is a GPT disk...
Installing default syslinux on /dev/sdc1
Using gptmbr.bin for mbr install.
Could not find resource 'data/tools/gptmbr.bin'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/scripts/mbusb_gui.py", line 387, in onInstall_syslinuxClick
ret = syslinux_default(config.usb_disk)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/scripts/syslinux.py", line 107, in syslinux_default
mbr_install_cmd = 'dd bs=440 count=1 conv=notrunc if=' + mbr_bin + ' of=' + usb_disk[:-1]
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "NoneType") to str
AbortedUsed @mr-avila comment and downloaded from github but distro is not visible.
alandmoore
commented
5 years ago Looks like the problem happens when you run multibootusb from a working directory other than the project root directory, because paths like "data/tools/gdisk/gdisk.exe" or "data/tools/gptmbr.bin" are relative.
A couple of possible ways to fix the issue:
make multibootusb change the current working directory to its parent directory.
Using some os.path tricks, we make these directories not relative, e.g.:
from os import path
mbr_bin = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'data', 'tools', 'gptmbr.bin')There are probably more robust ways to solve this, but that's what comes to mind.
kolypto
commented
5 years ago I confirm that @mr-avila 's solution works.
jchia
commented
5 years ago
https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/blob/master/data/tools/gptmbr.binand saving in under
/usr/share/multibootusb/data/tools
On a variant of Ubuntu 18.10, this allowed the USB writing to continue, but the resulting multi-USB couldn't boot. I fixed the problem by getting rid of the GPT and just having an MBR partition table by using fdisk instead of gdisk to create the partition. When made a MBR partition table without GPT, gptmbr.bin wasn't needed. Also, I happened to be using ext4. I don't know what it would be like if I had used VFAT.
xoxefdp
commented
5 years ago uname -a
Linux ws1 4.18.0-22-generic #23~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 6 08:37:25 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic
sudo wget -P /usr/share/multibootusb/data/tools/gdisk https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/blob/master/data/tools/gdisk/gdisk.exe
sudo wget -P /usr/share/multibootusb/data/tools https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/blob/master/data/tools/gptmbr.bin
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scripts/mbusb_gui.py", line 352, in install_syslinux config.distro, config.persistence) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scripts/update_cfg_file.py", line 402, in update_distro_cfg_files callback(dirpath, f) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scripts/update_cfg_file.py", line 374, in fix_desktop_image_in_thema_callback for line in f.readlines(): File "/usr/lib/python3.6/codecs.py", line 321, in decode (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa7 in position 3480: invalid start byte
kannanputhuval
commented
5 years ago As noted above, it's a path issue that can occur when installing from a .deb package.
Here's a workaround:
sudo python3 ./multibootusb
alandelgadoduran
commented
4 years ago I was able to to get this to work on a system with some heavily modified $PATH and $PYTHONPATH variables. As such, running sudo python3 ./multibootusb did not work.
Here's what I did on Ubuntu 18.04:
.deb package from http://multibootusb.org/page_download/sudo apt install ./python3-multibootusb_9.2.0-1_all.deb/usr/share/multibootusb/data/toolsgptmbr.bin file with sudo wget https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/blob/master/data/tools/gptmbr.bin (Though, this appears to be the same file that is contained in /usr/lib/SYSLINUX/gptmbr.bin based off MD5)multibootusb-pkexec - It failed previously on the gptmbr.bin but now succeeds.
larry2311
commented
4 years ago On Ubuntu 16.04 and invoking with sudo on command line, to see what is going on. Hangs with the following:
Using pyudev for detecting USB drives...
/dev/sdc
/dev/sdc1
Selected device /dev/sdc
Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but
Linux says it is 512 bytes.This looks like it has been a problem for a while. Is anyone still maintaining the project?
xoxefdp
commented
4 years ago I was able to to get this to work on a system with some heavily modified
$PATHand$PYTHONPATHvariables. As such, runningsudo python3 ./multibootusbdid not work.Here's what I did on Ubuntu 18.04:
- Download the
.debpackage from http://multibootusb.org/page_download/- Install with:
sudo apt install ./python3-multibootusb_9.2.0-1_all.deb- Navigate to
/usr/share/multibootusb/data/tools- Download the
gptmbr.binfile withsudo wget https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/blob/master/data/tools/gptmbr.bin(Though, this appears to be the same file that is contained in/usr/lib/SYSLINUX/gptmbr.binbased off MD5)- Re-run
multibootusb-pkexec- It failed previously on thegptmbr.binbut now succeeds.
Was that related to a permissions issue?
GaxZE
commented
4 years ago Can confirm this fixed the issue for me as well. Using version 9.2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
boospy
commented
2 years ago ... and why the file is not included in actual deb-package?
Best Regards :)
Attempting to install a few ISO images onto an usb and the whole process goes through and hangs forever on installing syslinux. If i anyway quit the process and reboot, the system can boot into the USB but it does not find any distro to boot. It only finds one entry saying "Load Syslinux Boot Loader", but clicking on it returns to the same screen after 3 to 5 seconds.
I tried formatting the USB in different ways, but at the moment is formatted as
that is, 2 partitions, with the second being for the live USB distros.
content from
/tmp/multibootusb.log