USB booting :: SYSLINUX Prob. or DSL Prob

when I do the

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syslinux -s f:

it screws up saying ...an app. tried to access the hard drive and this is not supported and gives me the choice of "close" or "Ignore" which ever i press i get the same result nothing happening! but... when I press Ignore i get the error message saying

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ERROR 3246: Boot sector read failed

could it be my version of syslinux (2.11)? or My Flash Drive (PNY Attache 512mb)? I dont know

By the way I'm using Windows XP Home to try to get dsl on it.

thank for the help

I think Windows XP does not really allow direct hardware IO for normal users. Try doing that from and Admin account on your machine.

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