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Topic: Unable to install 2.1 to USB Drive

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roberts

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Posted: Jan. 14 2006,16:44

Sounds to me like a timing issue.
Do you have a floppy drive on this system?
If so try the bootfloppy-usb, it has a slower boot routine just for such case.
Also, the usb ports on the back of the PC generally are faster to register than front ports.

dsquared

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Posted: Jan. 14 2006,16:52

1) no floppy on system
2) USB (2.0) 4 port hub connected to USB (2.0) at back

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roberts

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Posted: Jan. 14 2006,17:02

OK. Please try this:
1. Download bootfloppy-usb.img
2. As root mount bootfloppy-usb.img /mnt/test/ -o loop
3. copy over the /mnt/test/minirt24.gz to the pendrive

Let me know.

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Posted: Jan. 15 2006,00:39

Sorry to bug you again but I have got /mnt/test/minirt24.gz but am unsure where on the pen drive I should copy it to... (btw I have 2 partitions on the drive & I have put it in the /sda2/myapps folder but this has had the effect of now taking 4 attempts to boot into dsl 2.1)

thanks again for your help

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roberts

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Posted: Jan. 15 2006,01:02

You are replacing the current minirt24.gz on the pendrive.
If booted from the pendrive, it is /cdrom/minirt24.gz so as root
cp /mnt/test/minirt24.gz /cdrom/.
if not then mount the pendrive, typically /mnt/sda1 and
cp /mnt/test/minirt24.gz /mnt/sda1/.

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