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Posted: Mar. 09 2007,09:01 QUOTE
Hi,

i have tried addressing this from a Linux distro (Mepis) and from a XP Pro aswell!
i just can't seem to get my 128MB Pen Drive to Boot with DSL :)

In windows after doing everything instructed in the pendrivelinux website
even the makeboot.exe command which runs successfully, when i boot with my USB drive on my Dell inspiron5150
it gives me the following error after about 15 secs of blank screen
"No Boot Sector on Hard Disk"

HELP!
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Posted: Mar. 09 2007,11:32 QUOTE
Could you boot a DSL cd and select from the fluxbox menu USB install > USB-HDD install
(then reboot and try it, of course)
and if that doesn't work, then USB-ZIP install?

It could also be that your laptop can't boot from usb..

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Posted: Mar. 09 2007,23:20 QUOTE
Quote (curaga @ Mar. 09 2007,06:32)
Could you boot a DSL cd and select from the fluxbox menu USB install > USB-HDD install
(then reboot and try it, of course)
and if that doesn't work, then USB-ZIP install?

It could also be that your laptop can't boot from usb..

i'll have to go and buy a CD. :) i only have DVDs nowdays..
and i dont think my laptop cant boot from a usb.
it has bios options to boot from a UBS and it also prompts that a usb is plugged in and wheather or not to boot from it.

anything else i can try out?
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Posted: Mar. 10 2007,03:08 QUOTE
If you have the media on usb, but can't boot off it, you can use a "fromusb" boot floppy
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Posted: Mar. 10 2007,03:42 QUOTE
Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ Mar. 09 2007,22:08)
If you have the media on usb, but can't boot off it, you can use a "fromusb" boot floppy

thanks for the option! but i have a dell inspiron 5150 laptop which has no floppy (inbuilt) neither i have an external floppy!

but anyhow i didint get you! the site tells us how to make the USB drive bootable and then boot from it.
what possibily was going wrong!?
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