USB booting :: Problem by installing to USB



Hello everybody,

I do not get DSL installed on my USB Stick. I tried to mount the stick before
install but it did not work either...


When i try the DSL USB Pendrive Installation i get the following error messages:

DSL pendrive BIOS boot FAT USB_HDD install/update.

1. Your BIOS must support USB-HDD booting.
2. A single FAT partition will be made.
3. Backup/Restore will be pre setup.
4. Do not have your pendrive mounted.

No responsibility for data loss or hardware damage!

Enter the device name of pendrive.(EXAMPLE: sda): DSL
Is this an installation or upgrade? (i,u) i
Use DSL iso from [L]iveCD, from [F]ile, from [W]eb. (l/f/w): l
List boot options:
Example: vga=normal toram ssh nfs syslog lpd monkey ftp:
Choose language/keyboard if other than english:
Example: cs da de es fr nl it pl ru sk: de
Ready to proceed. (y/..)? y

Last change to exit before destroying all data on /dev/DSL
Continue (y/..)? y

Writing zero's to beginning of /dev/DSL  Done.
Partitioning /dev/DSL
/dev/DSL not supported by hdparm
Formatting /dev/DSL1
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
Applying syslinux to pendrive partition.
/dev/DSL1: No such file or directory
Setting up system image on /mnt/DSL1...mkdir: Cannot create directory `/mnt/pendrive': File exists
mount: special device /dev/DSL1 does not exist
Error mounting usb device
Press Enter key to continue.

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And with grep scsi -A 3 I get the following:


scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
 Vendor: USB       Model: Flash Disk        Rev: 2.00
 Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 2048000 512-byte hdwr sectors (1049 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda1



Thanks for any help on how to solve this problem.

Max

This means that your stick is a 1GB drive and it is located at device name "sda"

So type in "sda" at the device name of pendrive prompt, not "DSL"

[So type in "sda" at the device name of pendrive prompt, not "DSL"]

Actually, I have this same problem and I am using the correct device.

Anyone have any other ideas?

Make sure that your device name is really sda

Also, make sure that you use lowercase letters

sda

NOT

SDA

Thanks for all the replies,
Now i can install the USB - Key.

Max

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