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Topic: USB Install, Weird

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ShellMaza

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Posted: April 17 2006,17:42

In windows, copyed files no problem..

cfdisk Reports FS= FAT16
syslinux says
sda Aint FAT And Sectors Are Larger Than 512

Its Like Its Not Ment To Happen For Me

doobit

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Posted: April 17 2006,17:51

OK, that could be a USB geometry problem, although I haven't heard of that happening in a while. How old is the USB drive?
There are instructions in the WIKI for fixing USB drive geometry.
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....endrive

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ShellMaza

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Posted: April 17 2006,19:23

Usb Drive... Atleast A Year Old. I Put It In My Labtop And Tryed The Install. No Problem. Put The USB Drive On My Main Pc, Starts The Boot And Then Says It Can't Find The Knoppix Image.... Go Figure....

doobit

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Posted: April 17 2006,19:59

Maybe you could update the mainPC's BIOS? Some BIOS configurations don't allow a USB boot install at all.

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