
(Tested 12/15/08) Method I does not work with Centon Data Stick Pro. Exception: Failsafe boot option, which ends with the message "no KNOPPIX file system found".) Result: Upon boot, the DSL boot option menu is available, but regardless of which option is selected, the screen turns black and the USB stick LED goes off, indicating contact to the USB key is lost. A09, with SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4GB, both FAT16 and FAT32 tested, DSL 4.4.0 and Syslinux 3.63, DSL 4.4.6 and Syslinux 3.72, unsuccessful in all test cases. A00 and on a Dell Latitude D820 BIOS rev. (Tested 10/24/08 on a Dell Latitude D430 BIOS rev. (Tested 11/10/08 on a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D 8830 and a Kingston DataTraveler 1GB, FAT and dsl-4.4.6-embedded, works nicely). (Tested 09/10/08 on Asus A8Sr (using Method I) - Mobile Disk IV 256 MB FAT32 with DSL 4.4.5 and Syslinux 3.71). (Tested 08/31/08 on Acer Aspire 5672 (using Method I) - Kingston DataTraveler 1Gb FAT formatted (not FAT32), DSL embedded 4.2.4, - needed to enable multiboot option.). When I rebooted, the 2190US booted into DSL with no problem.) (Tested 08/10/08 on Compaq 2190US Laptop (using Method I) - Lexar 4GB Lightning USB, DSL embedded 4.2.5 - The Lexar USB appeared as 2nd hard drive by default, so I had to go into the Compaq BIOS and change the order so that the Lexar USB was first. Generic 128MB drive, FAT32, DSL embedded 4.2.5) (Tested 07/27/08 on One Mini Notebook A120, worked without issue. (Tested 4/22/08 on Dell Inspiron 600m using 1GB Sandisk Cruzer, DSL Embedded 4.2.5 FAT32 - worked without issue). Doesnt boot from generic 256Mb usb stick on Packard Bell Easynote XS20-005, tried both FAT and FAT32. Starts booting but stops showing an insmod error (?) on Packard Bell Easynote XS20-005, booted from a Apacer Handy Steno AH123 (1Gb, FAT32) with dsl-4.2.5-embedded, boot parameter "dsl vga=normal", xvesa 800圆00x32.
(Tested 12/12/07 on Memorex Traveldrive, worked without issue. Generic 128MB drive, FAT32, DSL embedded 4.0) (Tested 11/25/07 on Asus EEEpc, worked without issue. Adata JOGr 2 gig drive, FAT32, DSL embedded 3.4.4) (Tested 10/16/07 on Custom built dual core PC, Worked Without issue.
Generic 512mb drive, fat32, DSL embedded 3.4.3) (Tested 9/27/07 on Hp T5515 thinclient, worked without issue.To try it, change your format argument to: Changing the drive format to FAT16 may allow DSL to boot. Some systems may have problems booting from USB drives formatted as FAT32. Booting from USB may or may not work on your computer, mostly dependent on its age and bios setup.If you are running Windows Vista, remember to start cmd.exe as Administrator, otherwise the normal cmd.exe won't be able to access the MBR of your USB drive.Follow the old instructions from PendriveLinux ( new instructions are method V)