Yes, your problem is in the dd command.  Try "dd bs=1024
if=mid-8.04.1-mccaslin-install-usb.img of=/dev/sdb".  The image is
designed to overwrite the entire usb drive, not just the partition.
Otherwise it misses the boot sector.


On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 14:19 +0200, Enrique Jiménez Campos wrote:

> I try to install Mccaslin image in a Eeepc from usb but grub crash to boot.
> I install the image in usb with "dd if=mid-8.04.1-mccaslin-install-usb.img 
> of=/dev/sdb1" and boot from usb.
> 
> The syslinux.cfg is this:
> 
> 
> prompt 1
> display boot.msg
>     
> default linux
> label linux
> kernel vmlinuz
> append initrd=initrd0.img boot=usb
> 
> 
> Anybody can help me with this ?


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