I booted Knoppix 6.7 from the live CD. I selected the Flash Install program and selected the 160GB external USB hard drive for installation. I clicked on the button to authorize format and install of Knoppix to that device (sdb1). The process of formatting, creating boot track, and installation of Knoppix appeared to function correctly with NO errors. I then shut down the computer. I re-started the computer and broke into the BIOS so I could select the USB hard drive as the first boot device. The USB hard drive was no longer in the list of boot devices ( it had previously been in the list). I performed the same sequence of events with the 4GB flash memory stick and got exactly the same results. Again NO errors.

Here are a couple of items that may be of interest:

1. While booting, there is a message that there is an HDIO_GET_IDENTITY error for an ata device. I am assuming that is my Windows hard drive as the external drive is a USB device and not connected to the ata controller.

2. During Knoppix install to the USB devices, I noticed that the format, create boot track, and Knoppix install process do not seen to reach 100%.

3. If I re-format the USB devices, from Windows, the devices are then detected as bootable devices by the BIOS.

I do NOT believe there is a BIOS issue as I was able, in the past, to install Knoppix 3.6 on the same USB devices that I have today.

Hope that is enough information.

Thanks,
John