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The reason that the tohd cheatcode did not populate the directory was that I forgot that hda1 was invalid on the target machine and that sda1 was required. Regardless, I could not sort out how to...

I read the two wiki articles on HD install. The older seems to be somewhat dated, while the newer does not have much detail. So, I improvised. Clearly, I am still doing something wrong. Pointers...

The problem is not Knoppix-specific.

Tested with the unetbootin USB installer on Crunchbang -- Debian Wheezy. The unetbootin tool insisted on a FAT32 formatted USB drive, so I used gparted to...

Thanks for testing, Werner.

I verified my failed USB format (done via Knoppix EN CD) before retesting.

gparted gave FAT32 with boot & lba bits set
fdisk gave "Id c" "W95 FAT32 (LBA)"
cfdisk...

I checked flash-knoppix md5sums on both live boots of my flash drive and my CD -- both correct.

I tried re-installing to flash using the live CD flash-installer, but answered "no" when prompted to...

Thank you, Werner.

I did some more searching and testing, resulting in a bootable flash drive.

First test was to use the Knoppix Flash Installer again ("p" option) and note the characteristics...

Knoppix 7.2 (CD EN) works nicely on both my Dell Inspiron 530 and Acer Aspire netbook.

The USB Flash Installer produces a flash drive that will boot the Acer, but which fails on the Dell.
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I've read the wiki and FAQ and I'm still unable to get a successful USB boot.

Booting KNOPPIX 6.7.0 CD English version without any difficulties. Verified the md5 sum and verified the CD.
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