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Posted: Mar. 05 2008,18:43 QUOTE
I've done an install from the LiveCD to my pendrive using the option under "Apps -> Tools". However, when my PC tries to boot from the USB device, the word "GRUB" appears but then the PC hangs.

Can anyone give me any pointers as to why this might be happening?

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Posted: Mar. 05 2008,20:40 QUOTE
I'm guessing it can't find it's fat_stage1_5 file. The automatic script sometimes doesn't work properly.
You can try this from inside DSL livecd:

Get a root console. Then create a file with these contents (if your usb stick isn't sda, change that)
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(hd0) /dev/sda
Name it whatever you want, but I'll use "device.map".
Then you will install grub manually, using that file to point to the device.

The commands are
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grub --device-map=device.map
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit

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Posted: Mar. 07 2008,19:08 QUOTE
Many thanks for the reply, but after doing "grub --device-map=device.map", then "root(hd0,0)", I get "Error 27: Unrecognized command".
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Posted: Mar. 07 2008,21:45 QUOTE
Try adding a space after root, and probably for setup as well
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Posted: Mar. 08 2008,05:51 QUOTE
Indeed. Thanks ^hats^. Fixed my original post.

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