USB ISO Boot Mounter!!!

I prefer my Easy2Boot setup. I can change it on the fly without having to find the program I complied it on.
http://www.easy2boot.com/make-an-easy2boot-usb-drive/

I've a few CD's i use regularly now on USB's etc. I'd like to have a sngle USB which can mount an ISO collection for booting rather than carry everthing. I used to have one which worked most of the tie but it was basically built ad hoc by someone who new about such things. Any ideas on software for this?
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Plese Help. Me have FAT32 USB, ISO. Boot camp:Can't install Windows Support Software because the Software Update Server "(null)" can't be found. It asks me to network Diagonostics, but internet ok. Plese Help

Plese Help. Me have FAT 32 USB, ISO, Boot cam say can't install windows support software because the software update server "(null)" can't be found.
I know there are many other threads, but I guess I couldn't find clear answer to this problem. Is that the Apple's server problem or just me?
I'm trying to install Windows7 via Bootcamp, with FAT 32 formated USB with ISO, on Macbook air 2012.
Thanks!

The problem is the encryption and how your notebook handles it rather than a Time Capsule problem. I had similar problems until I updated the WLAN drivers on my IBM T41.
The way I convinced myself it wasn't an Apple problem was to connect my IBM T41, via ethernet, to my AEBSn. I was able to connect to internet so I knew it was a conflict between my wireless card and the AEBSn.
I am now using the WPA2 encryption for the AEBS without issue and connecting many different types of hardware; three iPod Touches, two MSI Wind Netbooks (Win XP SP3), one IBM T41 (Win XP SP2) wirelessly and both my 20" iMac and Dell 8250 Win XP (SP2) by ethernet
The MSI Winds are brand new and they would connect to the AEBSn but couldn't get an IP address from the internet (Limited or No Connectivity error message). The AEBSn was using WEP encryption. After doing a little research I found that WEP was a very common cause of this error message so I switched the AEBSn to WPA2 and everything works fine now.
Don't assume that because you can't connect via OPEN it isn't a encryption issue because my Winds wouldn't connect that way either...it wasn't until I changed to the WPA2 Personal that they connected.
You may also need to change the program that handles the WLAN connection, sometimes Windows handles it better but for the newest addition to our household, the MSI Winds, I am using the Realtek utility that matches the WLAN card and everything is hunky dory...
Finally sometimes firewalls will prevent getting the IP address...doesn't happen often but it has happened to me so I would double-check that by turning off the Windows Firewall and just verify that it isn't the firewall (that's never been a problem with my Apple AEBSn but it was a problem with an older Dlink g model).

Can't install Win 7 from USB with Boot Camp - please help

Hi,
I'm going crazy trying to install Win 7 from a USB using Boot Camp.
I've got a 13" MacBook (Aluminum) with 6GB RAM (trying to get to 8GB, but that's a different issue), 500GB HDD, running 10.7.4.
In the Boot Camp Assistant I want to partition 60GB for the Win 7 drive, but when I click install I get the error: "The installer disc could not be found. Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for it to be recognized." However, the USB drive that I used Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool in Win XP to create is plugged in. I also have the .iso file on my Mac desktop.
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Thanks in advance.

Lion has been out and most threads here deal with 10.7. and BCA 4.0.x
There are problems with burning ISO to DVD etc at anything other than slowest burn speed (2x)
New 2012 models don't have an internal DVD but if you do, then yours does not support a USB-DVD.
So you are running XP now and have Windows XP partition? knowing that the update will need 40GB and that Lion does not support XP.
Look at the other posts I made this morning for some of the FAQ Boot Camp support links.

USB drive only mounts as Local Drive Need it to mount as USB Drive to create recovery drive

subject pretty much says it all. Using an HP Sleekbook 15, it tells me to make recovery disk. I opt for the USB drive option and buy a new Sandisk Cruze Glide. Plugged it in. Started Recovery program to make disk. Program tells me to insert the USB drive or plugin my DVD burner. I check the file explorer and find the USB drive is mounted as Local Drive E:. No amount of inserting and removal will trigger the program to continue.
Doc read on SanDisk forum implied this is a windows 8 compatibility issue where Win 8 requires new USB drives that meet Win 8 compatibility to mount as Local devices.
I saw here that the USB drive MUST be a removable device inorder to be made bootable.
Help! this is inconsistant and negates the whole reason for using removable media if it can't be made to be seen as a boot recovery drive.
I need a solution, can those who know please advise.

Not all USB 3.0 is Windows 8 compatible. It will have the compability logo on the back or front of the package.
I have run across several interesting articles that mention Windows 8 can create the Recovery Drive with I assume any flash drive.
http://lifehacker.com/5991431/how-to-create-a-recovery-flash-drive-for-windows-8-and-free-up-some-ha...
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/create-a-recovery-drive-in-windows-8/7261
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USB HDD not mounting on 10.4.9 but does in 10.4

Posted this in Tiger forum too (I know, probably not really supposed to), but I thought I'd post it here too.
I know there's nothing wrong with the drive whatsoever, because it mounts on PCs, and it mounts when booted from both other hard drives on the system, on Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS 10.4.0.
I know it used to mount on 10.4.9, too. I thought maybe when I installed a 4-port USB 2 card things would resolve, but they haven't.... so I expect it's a driver (extension) issue.
I deleted a bunch of extensions a while back that I was sure I didn't need... I suppose it's possible I deleted one vital for USB HDD support on the HDD using 10.4.9, only I don't know which it would be... things were self-explanatory in the days of OS 9, not so much with OS X, it would seem.
I didn't notice it until fairly recently since I'd been networking to the external HDD via another computer as the built-in 10BT was sadly faster than the USB 1.1 card I had installed prior.
Anyway.... since I assume this is an extensions problem (it says when I turn on the drive that a certain extension is missing, but I can't remember which), can anyone tell me what particular extension it is that enables USB Hard Drives?
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"AppleXsanFilter.kext"
That is likely an extension for Storage Area Networks. If your Mac is complaining about it, it probably has unsatisfied external references in some of the Mass Storage Extensions. I don't know why you would need a lot of stuff in those folders, but they are tiny. You get no payback from throwing them out.
To fix those complaints, presuming the extension is located in the correct folder, you need to repair permissions (so that the System owns it) and delete the cache files named:
extensions.kextcache
extensions.mkext
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TS4517 Macbookpro can't recognize bootable usb at boot time

I created a windows usb with bootcamp assistant, "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" with a windows 7 ISO image.
I went through bootcamp's "Install or remove Windows 7" option and partitioned 21GB from my harddisk for my windows partition (it's named "BOOTCAMP", MS-DOS (FAT)).
I plugged in my usb and restarted my laptop. I pressed option during boot to go into the boot menu. Somehow, my usb stick doesn't show up in the boot menu. I only see my normal boot partition and a recover partition. I tried removing the USB stick while I am still in that menu and plugging it back to see if that will fix the problem. It did not.
Strangely, I noticed that my USB stick does not light up when I unplugged it and reinserted it when my mac is in the boot menu. Normally the usb stick will light up when inserted into this usb port.
I thought my ISO is not bootable so I tried another windows 7 ISO and the results remain the same.
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I can assure you that my usb port is functioning correctly

I have the same issue on a late 2013 Macbook Pro 15inch. I booted into Recovery mode, and selected to install new Mavericks, and chose my USB drive as the target.
The installer correctly downloads to the USB, and the bootable USB works fine on my old 2010 macbook pro. However, the USB drive does not show when i boot with option pressed. It is as if the Macbook just dont permit booting from USB - eventhough the drive was created on the very same mac.
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Macbookpro can't recognize bootable usb at boot time?

I have an old macbookpro:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:   MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:    2.53 GHz
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I created a windows usb with bootcamp assistant, "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" with a windows 7 ISO image.
I went through bootcamp's "Install or remove Windows 7" option and partitioned 21GB from my harddisk for my windows partition (it's named "BOOTCAMP", MS-DOS (FAT)).
I plugged in my usb and restarted my laptop. I pressed option during boot to go into the boot menu. Somehow, my usb stick doesn't show up in the boot menu. I only see my normal boot partition and a recover partition. I tried removing the USB stick while I am still in that menu and plugging it back to see if that will fix the problem. It did not.
Strangely, I noticed that my USB stick does not light up when I unplugged it and reinserted it when my mac is in the boot menu. Normally the usb stick will light up when inserted into this usb port.
I thought my ISO is not bootable so I tried another windows 7 ISO and the results remain the same.
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If you haven't got the SuperDrive, you have to buy one and install it again. Fortunately, there's a solution because iFixit sells the original SuperDrive which came with your computer > http://www.ifixit.com/MacBook-Parts/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2009-Mid-201 0-Early-2011-8x-SATA-SuperDrive-Used/IF161-033?utm_source=ifixit_guide&utm_mediu m=guide_intro&utm_content=required_items&utm_term=macbook_pro_15%22_unibody_mid_ 2010 It's expensive, but it's the only solution.
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USB flash storage mounted as read-only filesystem

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I'm new to Arch Linux and trying to migrate all my works to arch. Installed KDE, GNOME3, and hardware drivers successfully But I have problems with USB flash disks. When plugging a usb device, system mounts it as a readonly filesystem. so I can't change its contents. It always happens to my flash disk, but flash disk of my friend is ok!
I tried to mount manually with super user access, but no hope. It says:
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mount: warning: /mnt/ seems to be mounted read-only.

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P55M GD45 experience; only 1.1 bios works, forum usb key boot didn't work, Win 7

My experience. Got board w/ 1.1 BIOS installed, installed Win 7 64-bit. Used LiveUpdate to flash BIOS to 1.5.
Then box froze at "Starting Windows" screen. However it would boot ok to Safe Mode, and also Safe Mode with Networking. It wouldn't boot to Knoppix, Ubuntu LiveCD, ... (In Windows 7, I spent hours trying stuff, did boot logging, turned off startup services, piles of stuff, but didn't seem to be getting anywhere...)
Tried using the Forum USB Key boot for BIOS flashing. Couldn't get it to boot, just got black blank screen with cursor. (Could this be because board doesn't support 98/ME?)
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Later tested out HP USB key booter and that worked for me, though I didn't end up using it for anything, since I went with the M-Flash.
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i5-750
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I have exactly the same problem and a reinstallation won't solve anything !
You will even not be able to finalize the installation !
Freeze in Windows Seven after several minutes even after having cleared CMOS + loads of optimal mode or fail safe mode...
Here is my computer:
-MSI P55M-GD45
-Intel CoreI5 750
-Noctua NH-D14---> CPU @ 28°
-2 X 1Go Crucial Balistix DDR3
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-Corsair 520VX or HX I forgot it
No problem with the last bios 1.1.
!!!!! Totaly unstable with the last bios 1.5 !!!
I read your solution about reinstalling the OS after a bios update (that's the first
time that I read it and I owned something as 15 motherboards in the last 10 years...but
you have 20k post so I think that you know what you write...)
So I tried to REINSTALL after "upgrade" of the firmware 1.5 of the MSI P55M-GD45.
I did it with a USB KEY....not [email protected] with defaults values !
The only thing to do is downgrade the bios in 1.1 and now no problem @ 3.8 GHz !!!
WHY IS THIS BIOS SO unstable ?
What will MSI do ?
I have never had a so unstable motherboard after a bios upgrade !

Guide: how to make in 5min a .iso boot cd on the MAC ..

here is the solution for makeing a .iso boot-cd for firmwareupdating (ssd) in 5min:
http://www.jinx.de/teclog/Entries/2009/8/11Updating_the_firmware_on_mySSDs.html
works perfect, easy to use ..
start with "C" and before flashing type the correct name of the flasher, xxxxxx.exe
and enter ..

before i noticed, that the sleep problem exists (in this new fw's) i flashed the firmware ...
after that it's better to "warn", as a flash back to the former fw is hard to do !
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as not every ssd manufacturer offers bootable iso-cd's (like intel) and then you have troubles to find a how to do (mostly for win machines) this iso cd for mac. i think this is mac's first and a great work from jolly (smartsleep).

USB pen drive mounts not seen in system.log. Why?

Any idea why USB pen drive mounts are not loogged in system.log? A WD Paasport drive mount shows up in system.log. Any idea why this is the case and how it can tracked/logged?
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Ok, that's it. I read a few posts in the "...SuperDrive won't accept my CD.." section. and it seems some people are just swapping optical drives like mad, ready to accept that the kit is crap, and "...oh, well, I sure hope this one works better...".
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Try giving Acpi=off during boot time in the kernel parameter,that might help?
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