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unckybob
11-26-2009, 05:44 AM
Hi,

I'm using 6.0 to install to a flash drive. In a flash-knoppix window I get the error:

/dev/sda1: no such file or directory

Can someone please help?

Thanks,
Bob

snail
12-29-2009, 04:43 PM
Use gparted to create / format the drive (sda1).
then it will work...

Capricorny
12-29-2009, 09:25 PM
In all my laptop computers, /dev/sda1 is the first partition on the hard disk - I would hardly attempt a flash install there. But I copy the /knoppix directory over from the usb stick after everything is set up on the stick. Use FAT32 file system there.


You may try
fdisk -l as root to see what the different disks and partitions are called.

unckybob
12-30-2009, 06:35 PM
I figured out the problem. I was sold a "Fake" drive. The manufacturer said it was 32G when it was actually 4G. Unfortunately, I ruined the drive figuring that out. Chalk that up to experience.

Thanks for all your help,
Bob