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Topic: help to newbie about files and pen drive

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gelas

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Posted: April 27 2006,15:22

hi i'm new at DSL and i dont know how to boot with my pendrive My pendrive Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1 Gb
and i downloaded
1-) dsl-2.3-embedded.zip
2) bootfloppy-usb.img

will i need another files?
and where must be this files placed..
thx..

kerry

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Posted: April 27 2006,16:03

You need the iso one, then burn the live cd, then click on the install to usb.

pr0f3550r

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Posted: April 27 2006,17:22

Just unzip the emdedded file into the root of your usb drive.

Then create a floppy boot disk and put the right parameters:
dsl fromhd=/dev/sda1
should be enough, or try;
dsl qemu fromhd=/dev/sda1

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