cbagger01
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Posted: Nov. 26 2005,19:01 |
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You could try to manually build a USB-FDD installation by formatting your entire stick with FAT instead of the traditional method of setting up a partition table and then formatting a partition. Basically, this alternative structure would be something like a "Superfloppy" disk instead of a 1.44MB floppy disk.
You could then manually copy over the files from the DSL livecd. Just make sure that you place the files that are in /boot/isolinux over to your top level directory on your USB stick. Also, rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg
Finally, apply syslinux directly to the device itself instead of a partition. It may be a good idea to use the -s "slow and stupid" flag because USB floppies are much slower than USB flash memory sticks.
syslinux -s /dev/sda
(where sda is supposed to be the device location of your USB device)
Even then, it might not work but it's worth a try. Good luck.
You could also look at your PC or motherboard vendor's download site to see if a newer version of your BIOS has been released that supports USBHDD or USBZIP booting.
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