Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512 MB Pendrive

Forum: USB booting
Topic: Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512 MB Pendrive
started by: sfarber53

Posted by sfarber53 on April 19 2006,03:48

I am having no end of trouble getting this USB booting thing to work. Don't misunderstand, I'm thrilled that DSL is here and basically works well, but my frustration is beginning to build.

Is the Sandisk Cruzer Micro drive suitable for use with DSL 2.3? After repeated attempts I cannot seem to get the usb install to complete satisfactorily.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

Posted by torp on April 19 2006,15:05

yes it is perfect for dsl.....i have used both a 256mg cruzer, and 1 gb sandisk mp3 player to boot DSL.

torp

Posted by mpen on April 19 2006,22:24

I installed from within DSL...
I found that telling it to pull the files from the live cd caused no end of problems, so I went into firefox and downloaded the iso again onto the desktop (goes there by default)

then when i installed I toles it to take the image from file, and pointed it to /ramdisk/home/dsl/dsl-2.3.iso (make sure you put the right iso file name here) then everything went just fine...

an by the way, people could probably help a bit more if you posted whatever error messages come up ;)

Posted by Iang on April 21 2006,08:45

Yes, it does work - I'm also using the cruzer 256 MB stick.

Are you doing the USB-ZIP install? And does your BIOS support USB-ZIP booting?

I believe the USB-HDD install also works, but is not supported by my BIOS (EPIA 5000) so can't confirm it.

The USB-ZIP install / boot seems to be fairly bullet proof if the BIOS supports it. Try that first!

Posted by anaconda on April 21 2006,09:03

Yep it works!

Maybe your problem is with your BIOS? Have you tried to boot the USB in any other computer? Or with a USB_boot floppy?

If it works in another machine you should update your BIOS...

Posted by quarterRoy on April 27 2006,19:45

I've actually tried using a MicroCruizer 512 on both DSL and Slax to no avail. I've seen this on other forums as well, they just do not boot. The weird part is, the 256 and 1 meg seem to work fine for people. If you search the Slax forum, you'll find much about the 512.

Roy