Dear Klaus, Thank you again, although I feel a bit of a twit for not doing this in the first place. The (hd0, 5) should have been an indication. All OK and booting fine ... this contact is from within Knoppix. Some background: I am setting up a new USB stick Computer Test, Repair & Recovery which needs "touch". Knoppix works with touch screens whereas my previous USB stick had Ubuntu which is iffy on touch screens. A lot of my members (440 total) are getting touch-screen netbooks which need bootable USB stick installers (no CD-DVD drives) Note that my main toolkit machine is a Gigabyte T1028X convertible with a resistive touch screen. Many Thanks, again, Keep up the good work, Regards, ScottyJavea