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Posted: Jan. 12 2007,16:06 QUOTE
Has anyone sucessfully installed DSL to a 2GB USB Pendrive.  Having used the guidance identified on the DSL website, if I try to execute the Syslinux command, I receive an error message saying that cluster sizes above 16k are unsupported.  I have tried manually to format the usb drive with a smaller cluster size but to no avail.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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AJB
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Posted: Jan. 12 2007,17:19 QUOTE
You could try a few things:

1. Use a later version of syslinix, eg 3.2
2. Format the drive FAT32
3. Divide the drive into more than one partition
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Posted: Jan. 12 2007,22:05 QUOTE
Hi andyboyle!

I use a Sandisk Titanium 2 GB with DSL-Embedded and it works just fine. Just unzip it to the usb-drive and your'e good to go.

Have fun,
meo

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Posted: Jan. 13 2007,19:21 QUOTE
In response to the last posting I have ensured that the Liinux version is the latest i.e. 3.31 but with the 2 GB Easy Disk usb stick I still receive the same message regarding the error in regard to the cluster size being unsupported.

I would appreciate your guidance on how you made the usb stick bootable.

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Posted: Jan. 15 2007,02:56 QUOTE
I don't remember the exact post, but there was a detailed explanation for a USB stick on the number of cylinders versus number of heads, etc on the DSL-N forum that sounds like it would be relevant.
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