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Posted: Feb. 29 2004,21:16 QUOTE
Have got a disgo 256MB key and have been reading the posts in here and still cant get the key to boot. Has anyone got any definative instructions to follow ? Laptop is okay to boot from USB....anyone any pointers ? does the key have to be formatted in fat16 ?
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Posted: Mar. 01 2004,18:31 QUOTE
i do believe the key has to be formatted using Vfat.
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,18:35 QUOTE
search for my winxp howto
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Ralle
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Posted: May 28 2004,21:30 QUOTE
Actually its rather easy:

get your fav version of dsl.
extract the dsl iso.
copy the knopix folder from the dsl folder to your usb stick (lets call it E:)
content of E: should be:

E:
.
..
knopix
--boot.cat
--knoppix
--boot.img

get the newest version of flonix
extract it
copy all files execpt the folder "knoppix" to E:
content of E: should be (something like):

E:
.
..
boot.msg
autorun.inf
fond.jpg
german.kbd
index.htm
ldlinux.sys
licenceflonix.txt
logo.16
miniroot.gz
vmlinuz
syslinux.cfg
knopix (folder)
--boot.cat
--knoppix
--boot.img

download syslinux
copy syslinux.exe to system32
get a cmd prompt
type "syslinux e:" (only if your usb stick actually is drive E: offcourse)
if you get any error messages just ignore them

There you have it. Very simple once you understand what each part does:
the knoppix folder is the actual OS
the flonix files handles all the USB stuff since it has been built to boot from usb
syslinux makes your usb stick bootable

so what you are really doing is:
replacing the os in flonix, copying it to your usb stick and making it bootable.

Hope it helps
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