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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Potts wrote: > Having deleted the root user from my Viglen mpc I've go a Xubuntu 8.10 > alternate usb flash drive and I can boot the viglen from it. > However in 'install' mode the partitioner cant find a hard drive. > In 'repair' mode I cant find the USB stick as CDRom - /dev/usb* dont seem to > contain it USB drives can come up as regular SCSI drives. Try looking at /dev/sd? or /dev/sd?1. The command "ls /dev/sd*" is a good one to try. It's just about possible that your machine thinks that the USB stick is an actual CDROM drive, in which case it will be /dev/sr? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklzed8ACgkQsoRLMhsZpFeg+QCffwNkBJLeBy+U+QEtipiYXKnp t5gAnismx3EETmGt79f/mm2G1eFA7r3i =rXBy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html