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be0wu1f

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Joined: Oct. 2005

Posted: Oct. 08 2005,14:18

When I try to install to a flash drive, it comes up with an error saying "Error mounting USB device"

What should I do/do differently?

pho3nix
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Posted: Oct. 08 2005,15:41

First mount the usb device using

# mkdir /mnt/USB
# mount -t auto /dev/sda /mnt/USB

(depending on your device it may be sda1 or 2 etc)

then you can
# cd /mnt/USB

and
#mount -t iso9660 dsl-1.5..iso /mnt/USB -o loop

to mount DSL via local loopback if enabled

hope i've helped

pho3nix
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Posted: Oct. 08 2005,15:45

disregard the last part I was assuming that DSL could be installed directly onto a USB drive but apparently not?

(Im visiting for the first time - guess I should keep quiet and learn...!)