Knoppix 7.05 flash install - drive not recognised by BIOS

[Werner P. Schulz]

I have used the install from the text install on the CD and both options from the menus in graphics mode and allowed the installation to sort out its own partitioning.

Try:

• Create with 'Preferences=> Gparted': Partition #1, maximum size, unformatted
• Select 'Knoppix=> Install Knoppix to flash disk' (not "experimental version"!)
• Select as desired target device the flash device
• Answer "Format partition?" with "Yes"
• Let Knoppix create an "Overlay"-file

[jonbanjo]

Sorry for the delay in replying I got a bit careless with GParted...

Try:

• Create with 'Preferences=> Gparted': Partition #1, maximum size, unformatted
• Select 'Knoppix=> Install Knoppix to flash disk' (not "experimental version"!)
• Select as desired target device the flash device
• Answer "Format partition?" with "Yes"
• Let Knoppix create an "Overlay"-file

I thought I'd done that a couple of times in my attempts but maybe I didn't, and I'm a bit puzzled but...

Anyway, following your instructions.

Laptop is now booting from CD and DVD flash drive installs. It has worked with both my 16 and 32GB drives.

I still can't get my desktop PC with the Gigabyte motherboard to boot from either flash drive.

[otropogo]

I encountered a similar problem with my Intel Desktop. Whereas my other PCs only require me to use the F12 key to choose a USB flash card as the boot device, or to place it first in the boot configuration, the Intel PC chooses to consider flash devices greater than 4GB (or maybe it's 2GB?) as drives. In order to have such devices appear in the boot configuration lineup, you have to rearrange them first in the drive lineup (because only so many places are available, IIRC). This is all a bit fuzzy because it's been a few months since I last dealt with this problem.