Tnx, I have updated FAQ at the the wiki at http://pskmail.wikispaces.com/Booting+and+restoring+from+USB+stick 73 Rein Pa0R > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Gesendet: 18.04.07 14:37:34 > An: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [pskmail] Re: Warning! Re: PSKmail from USB stick - storing config > > On 4/18/07, Rein Couperus <rein@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Tnx for the warning Sjaak, sorry for the trouble, I should have > > put that warning in... I will do so in the FAQ on the wiki! > > I should have known better. > I think you made 2 mistakes / omissions: > - * make a new 700 MB FAT16 partition (nr. 1) with 'n', 'p', '1', 'M700+' > Should be: .....'+700M' > And at the end of the fdisk part don't forget 'w' to write the partition > table. > > The easy way to find out how your USB stick is recognized is to plug > in the stick and let the "KDE Deamon" auto mount the stick. In the > locatin bar it will say something like "system:/media/sdb1" and this > translates to /dev/sdb for fdisk. > > > On a lighter note, nice clean hard disks also have advantages. You can use > > them to reinstall > > windows, which needs to be done regularly anyway, or you may even try > > to install the latest Linux (Feisty Fawn would be a good choice). > > I wish..... We run a proprietary Agency Management System that needs > M$ Windowze and talks to M$ Office. > At least our email (SuSe), Spam Filter (Barracuda), Firewall > (M0N0Wall) and VoiceMail (Intuity LX) run Linux. > > > At least you > > know that all viruses are gone. > > Yes but as soon as you run M$ Windowze update they are back..... > > > > > 73, > > > > Rein PA0R > > 73, Sjaak W4RIS ex-PA3GVR > > > -- http://pa0r.blogspirit.com