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Posted: Mar. 01 2006,17:37 QUOTE
Hi,

This is my first foray into Knoppix and Damn Small Anythings, so please forgive the ignorance.  I ordered a Damn Small Machine and the USB pendrive with DSL preinstalled.  Unfortunately, I plugged it in, turned it on, and I received this error:

> Boot Failure
> Reboot and Select the proper Boot device
> or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device
> Press any key when ready

But, the keyboard is unreponsive.  Is there a way to reimage the pendrive with a DSL package configured to work with the hardware in the DSM?

Thanks, alan
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Posted: Mar. 01 2006,18:12 QUOTE
It just sounds like you need to restart the machine and enter the BIOS to make sure it's set to boot from a USB drive first. Why the keyboard is unresponsive is a mystery though.

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Posted: Mar. 01 2006,18:28 QUOTE
Unfortunately, I can't enter the BIOS because the keyboard isn't responding.  :(
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Posted: Mar. 01 2006,18:35 QUOTE
Try a different keyboard. Maybe you need a PS2 keyboard if you are using a USB keyboard, or a USB keyboard if you are using a PS2 keyboard. Also, if it's PS2, make sure you don't have it plugged into the mouse port.

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Posted: Mar. 01 2006,19:50 QUOTE
K.  I'll give that a shot.  It actually worked on one reboot then stopped working again.  It's a PS/2 and it's plugged into the right port.  Weird stuff.
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