Making a bootable USB for Lakka

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Mojoe134

Mojoe134

Honorable
May 18, 2013
288
0
10,780
Hallo im Mo

I have rarely had this problem before but i always fixed it using linuxlive

but now i am no longer using linux right now as i am trying to put the Lakka image file onto a usb so i can make another pc boot off of it.
http://www.lakka.tv/

I used 7zip and winrar, i used linuxlive, and win32 disk imager
32bit and 64bit versions of lakka but to no avail. If i use disk imager win 32 then i just ruin the drive and i have to reformat it from the dos terminal

If i just manually mount it or use another program it just says that Lakka is a corrupted file with 0 bytes of space taken up

does anyone have any idea why the image file keeps corrupting
 
Solution
A
As I said couple of posts before - after you create the USB disk, it will be in Linux format, and unreadable under Windows. What you get as a result above is completely expected behabiour, so just go ahead and try that USB stick.
Sort by date Sort by votes
A

Alabalcho

Titan
Jan 13, 2011
14,019
435
76,290
Wild guess: That HP PC (Pentium D, i915, Radeon 200) is too old, and probably the USB key you made has a Linux kernel which does not support that old PC. Try booting your USB on something more modern (even the PC you are using to make it - booting off USB won't break your Windows).
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Mojoe134

Mojoe134

Honorable
May 18, 2013
288
0
10,780


but thats not the problem,
i cant make a bootable usb, the image keeps corrupting and i dont know why
ive used 7zip and winrar, and extracted using multiple different programs

i cant figure out the problem
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

Alabalcho

Titan
Jan 13, 2011
14,019
435
76,290
The image file contains two partitions, and they are both Linux format - so, after making the USB, you won't see any files on it from Windows.
The original file is in .gz format. After uncompressing, you will get single file Lakka-Generic.i386-devel-20160206091726-r21311-geaf46ad.img. It is this file you open with Win32DiskImager, and "burn" onto USB.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Mojoe134

Mojoe134

Honorable
May 18, 2013
288
0
10,780


ill try to find that file, because after uncompressing i am getting this
Lakka-Generic.x86_64-devel-20150307205641-r20834-ge8d52d6

I guess thats the wrong one?
Ill go search for the right one you mentioned
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Mojoe134

Mojoe134

Honorable
May 18, 2013
288
0
10,780


Alright i used that one and i get the same crap

what i dont think i am elaborating correctly is that i cant format the usb to even mount an image on it
im on the step before testing it on the designated pc

Can you suggest to me a format/formatter or whatever i need to fix this
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

Alabalcho

Titan
Jan 13, 2011
14,019
435
76,290
1. Download your image from here
2. Use eg 7-Zip to extract that .gz file, you will get Lakka-Generic.i386-devel-20160206091726-r21311-geaf46ad.img, 306,184,192 bytes.
3. Use Win32 Disk Imager to "burn" above image to USB. You will not see anything on the USB from Windows after that
4. Pull that USB drive, plug it into your target PC, and boot. Make sure your PC can actually boot off USB (you might need to check the BIOS settings).
5. If the USB you've created does not work on the old PC, try it on a newer one.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Mojoe134

Mojoe134

Honorable
May 18, 2013
288
0
10,780


alright, what do i do to the usb before i burn the image to it

what should it be formatted to
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

Alabalcho

Titan
Jan 13, 2011
14,019
435
76,290

You do nothing special - Win32 Disk Imager will take care of reformatting and repartitionning the USB drive.

You have just to be very careful to choose the right drive letter where to "burn" the image (or your risk ruining the system you're working on).
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Mojoe134

Mojoe134

Honorable
May 18, 2013
288
0
10,780


Yep just as ive done before, im using a 32gig stick
did everything you just said and when it finishes writing to the stick i get the error messages

cannot recognize Lakka F, volume may be corrupted, format disk?
when i press x on the tab it says

location is not available
F;\ is not accessible
the volume does not contain a recognized file system please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Mojoe134

Mojoe134

Honorable
May 18, 2013
288
0
10,780


Oh my bad man, sorry for putting you through the ringer like this

i really appreciate you helping me.
Take it easy

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom