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Keith
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Posted: Dec. 30 2004,16:59

From a DOS disk type "fdisk /mbr" to install a DOS boot sector.

Just having "L" from LILO means it has halted at somewhere in the bootup cycle - but I forgot where... google is your friend.

Does it boot in M$DOS?

paulp

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Posted: Dec. 30 2004,17:18

Booting without the USB is fine. XP lives by itself on my hard disk. My Dell laptop can generate a boot menu at power-up time, that allows me to select the boot device I want to use (floppy, CD, HD or USB). The LILO problem is restricted to USB. I do not want to load LILO or grub on the HD.

I've gotten out of practice with lilo. Can I place grub over top of lilo on the MBR of the USB?

paulp

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Posted: Dec. 30 2004,20:29

Since the current DSL version for HDD installation is 0.91, is there a USB image of this same version??? I only found 0.8 in the download area for USB.

paulp

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Posted: Dec. 30 2004,23:33

In my next attempt, I followed usul's posting of Dec 8, on using the built in script. The install seemed to go fine, but I ended up with a kernel panic when I tried to boot from the USB device. The error message was "kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:01".

If it helps, I'm running a Dell Latitude D400, 1G mem and using a Lexar 1G Jump Drive and DSL 0.9.1 (CD). It's a good thing there are no tall buildings near by.

Zombie13

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Posted: Jan. 06 2005,19:31

Hi,

I'm a bit of a newbie at this USB Linux thing, but it looks awesome. I've bought a OEM USB pendrive...

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=ELEC&title=171283

I've managed to copy the DSL system across to the pendrive, both manually, and then by the built-in method (right click workspace). Both methods don't allow me to boot from the USB drive, even though the PC's BIOS seems to allow it. I have written the floppy image to a floppy disk, and if I boot from that everything looks good. First part loads from floppy, then USB takes over.

Although this isn't quite how I'd pictured using it, it does indeed work. Would anyone give any pointers as to what could be the cause? I'm betting that my particlur pendrive isn't bootable, or there's a problem with my PC's BIOS. But any suggestiongs?

Cheers!
Zombie13.

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