On 7 March 2010 14:21, Heddle Weaver <weaver2wo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying a first time exercise, for me, here....attempting to mount a > Lenny dist. onto a 32Gb Corsair flashdrive by way of a MS XP loaded pc. > > Installation is fine until it comes to where the boot record is to be > mounted, the installation programme not seeming to want to place it anywhere > other than on the first IDE drive of the pc which is the property of an > internet cafe and therefore not appropriate. The whole idea of having a > flash drive is so that it's portable and I can plug it into any machine on > the road, enjoying my O.S. of choice and cutting back on the degree of trace > back, that is, privacy. > > I've checked the onsite install manual which doesn't appear to have > anything, tried various /dev/ style nomenclatures, but nothing seems to > work. > I keep getting fatal error readouts. > > Google doesn't seem to help either, so I thought I'd chase up the people > that would have the specific knowledge. > I feel as though I'm missing something basic, here. > > Any advice and trouble appreciated. > Regards, > > Weaver. > > -- > The beaten path is for the beaten man. > > "Fear the Penguin!!" > I should also state that the MS nomenclature for the flash drives placement is: SCSI7
-- The beaten path is for the beaten man. "Fear the Penguin!!"
