Steve on Security

Having problems using unetbootin to install certain packages on your USB multipass?  Discovered recently that syslinux version differences between packages (like GParted) and unetbootin can cause nasty errors at boot:

SYSLINUX 3.72 2008-09-25 EBIOS copyright (cc) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin
Unknown keyword in configuration file: UI
Could not find kernel image:  linux
boot:

FIX:   Use a current syslinux or syslinux.exe (version 3.82 at the time of this writing, download here) to re-prep the USB stick:

Where z: is the drive letter of the USB drive.  This will install the newer version of syslinux on the USB drive and resolve those keyword issues.

syslinux z: