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Posted: Dec. 27 2004,06:56 QUOTE
I have a Kingston DataTraveler 512MB.

First I formatted it with 1 partition FAT16 with bootable flag.  Then I installed DSL using dsl-usbinstall.  Then I set my BIOS to boot from USB (it recognised the device a kingston)

Now when I try to boot from either of my machines I get "This is not  a bootable device.  Please insert a bootable floppy and press any key to continue"

What am I doing wrong here?
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Posted: Dec. 27 2004,09:57 QUOTE
Using the method of extracting the ISO and copying to the USB stick in Windows results in the same problem.  :(
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Posted: Dec. 27 2004,10:26 QUOTE
OK, so now I copied the boot sector from a floppy and still get the same problem.  Are some USB drives just not bootable?
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