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11-03-2007	#1 (permalink)
always lost Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10	Can't boot DSL I am trying to install DSL on a thumb drive. When i went into the F2 and F3 options i didn't know which one to choose, and also the ones i did choose all i got was a penguin at the top left corner and nothing else happened. Any clues? I downloaded v3.4.3 and v4.

11-04-2007	#2 (permalink)
always lost Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10	I seem to have fixed the problem but i don't know how.

11-04-2007	#3 (permalink)
always lost Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10	dsl again A quick question. I am installing dsl onto a thumb drive, and when i get to the line that asks for the device name it prompts ''sda''. That is apparently not the right one. Where do I find the right one , or, what do i enter there? anyone know?

11-04-2007	#4 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Boot up from DSL CD, open Terminal/Konsole and execute fdisk -l command. Post output here. USB must be plugged in while executing fdisk command. Does your machine's BIOS supports booting from USB Drive? __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

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