Erik, I tried the second image in the list you gave me, same error - "No bootfile." I think I might try wiping the disk completely with a Linux installer, then try the first image. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Erik Quanstrom wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean by new disks. > > - erik > > > Adriano Verardo wrote: > > >Does thi iso deal with new disks ? > >>> I've written the uncompressed file to a flash stick, and tried booting > my > >>> dual core Pentium - no dice. Won't even recognise theres a flash stick > >>> plugged in with a disk image written to it. Likewise, my Mac said it > wasn't > >>> able to read the flash stick once I had done the "dd" command. > >>> > >>> Is there an .ISO for that disk image you linked me to? > >> that's unfortunate. did you check that the usb device is in the bios > >> boot order? > >> > >> if that doesn't work, here are two cd images. the first one has the > >> best chance of working, but it locks up on some hardware. it treats > >> the cd as a disk image, so we can pack a few more things in than > >> we could emulating a 1.44mb floppy. > >> > >> http://ftp.9atom.org/other/+9atom.nboot.iso.bz2 > >> http://ftp.9atom.org/other/+9atom.iso.bz2 > >> > >> - erik > >> > >> > > > > > > >