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phil66 · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Texas

dpupexprimo-squeeze-5.X.3.2.14.2

Sandisc cruzer 16gb pen drive

dd to clear before loading

Boot flash runs thru program then shows error:
"Error mounting usb drive"

Pmount only flashes does not open Have to use ymount
This happened after installing workaround for puppy_saveconfig-version2.2.4.pet problems

Flash · Posted: Wed 16 May 2012, 08:00 Post subject:

There's an H-P utility you can use to reformat the drive. I've never used it. I think you'll find it somewhere on the H-P website.

headfound · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 350 Location: England

try using this -

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

I've used it a couple of times and it works well enough to get things going.

rokytnji · Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 1566 Location: Pecos/ Texas

phil66 · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Texas

Thanks for the replies and help

Problem solved now have dpupexprimo on pen drive!!!!

Flash · Posted: Wed 16 May 2012, 22:59 Post subject:

How? Inquiring minds want to know. We tried to help you, now help us. Don't leave us hanging. Laughing

phil66 · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Texas

Flash

Sorry for not explaining how I finally got the pen drive loaded

First I used "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc1 bs=512 count=1" to clear the drive

Used gparted to check for any files left...Formatted to ext2 and set boot flag

Used Puppy universal installed2 to install to usb flash

While in install of need files I used selinux from the boot menu rather than mbr

Shutdown and rebooted from pen drive

Thanks to everyone for the info and help !!!