USB Pendrive failed to boot

Forum: USB booting
Topic: USB Pendrive failed to boot
started by: satimis

Posted by satimis on Feb. 28 2006,11:29

Hi folks,

dsl-2.2b

I tried to install DSL pendrive from DSL-LvieCD without success. My PC can support both USB-ZIP and USB-HDD booting. The LiveCD is running without problem.

First I tried installing USB-ZIP without success. Nothing has been installed.

Then I tried installing USB-HDD. This time installation succeeded.

# ls -l /mnt/sda1

Code Sample

total 1856
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Feb 28 2006 boot.cat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 119 Feb 28 2006 boot.msg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1592 Feb 28 2006 f2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1595 Feb 28 2006 f3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 256 Feb 28 2006 german.kbd
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Feb 28 2006 knoppix
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 994807 Feb 28 2006 linux24
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33780 Feb 28 2006 logo.16
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 802165 Feb 28 2006 minirt24.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2653 Feb 28 2006 syslinux.cfg

But the pendrive failed to boot during booting only hanging on screen. OR whether waiting for input? I'm not very clear.

I selected vga and on other language only hit [ENTER]. Please advise whether I have to select "toram"? Where can I find the installation maunual? Only a short description was found on FAQ.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Posted by satimis on Mar. 01 2006,02:37

Hi folks,

I got it done, by reinstalling it as USB-ZIP. This time I succeeded.

DSL is now running on USB pendrive but the speed is a little bid slower. I'm running Avixe Platinum Flash Drive

Avixe Platinum Drive supports;
19MB/sec (read) - max
14MB/sec (write - max

Would installation on USB-HDD have better performance?

I suspect Avixe Platinum Drive can't boot on USB-HDD. Is there any way to check it?

TIA

B.R.
satimis