happypuppy, I just wanted to let you know I'm not ignoring you, I just haven't had any experience booting that way. Glad to see GuestToo chime in. that fine and understood, figured it must be a once off as there would have been more people having problem. i think it something to do woth that ...

http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php The -s option, if given, will install a "safe, slow and stupid" version of SYSLINUX. This version may work on some very buggy BIOSes on which SYSLINUX would otherwise fail. If you find a machine on which the -s option is required to make it boot reliably ... maybe ...

btw i actually have 2 dells here, the 1100 i have no luck with and locks up, with the usb keyboard...

but the 2400, works yet it has a ps2 keyboard, i may switch them and check it out....

update:

i just tried the usb keyboard on the 2400, and same lockup problem experienced on the 1100

been using syslinux 2.11 , and was annoyed at the slow time to load vmlinux and initrd.gz... and after noticing dsl used 2.04 on the cd and that when i installed it to usb and then installed puppy to that, it booted faster. so i tried do dl and install 2.04 but no luck, so i tried the latest 3.31 ...

well i just found out the loading time is related to syslinux version... i have been using the win32 .exe from version 2.11 , and i noticed the dsl cd mentions 2.04 apon startup, so i dlded and tried that but im not sure if it installed properly over 2.11 so no change... but i also downlaoded the ...

well ive spent the day mucking around and found out some interesting things... i burned the live-cd.iso's of dsl and puppy, then installed dsl to my usb from within dsl, this made dsl boot fine overcoming the lockup problem from before. then i tried installing puppy from within puppy but no good, i ...

i thought id try running dsl, so i set that up (copied the contents of an embedded release to root after format and syslinux)

this gave same problem, lockup but at the point where you press enter to boot or F2 or F3 for boot time options....

trying a few more things.//

the md5 checks out... perhaps its to do with how i'm running it... im runnning off an Apacer 1Gb which i ran syslinux on, then copied the puppy iso contents to root. renamed isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg, changed one parameter inside: PMEDIA=usbstorage that's it but , may be enough, so perhaps ill ...

just tried the original; init script, and it works, no lock-up , can select number for save file no problems.

so it must be something in your init...

ok, i made the blank file as you suggested and got the menu prompt, but as is with the password prompt i was all locked up... that is, keyboard not responding, "num lock" stuck on, and have to hard reset to go anywhere... pc is a Dell dimension 1100 with usb keyboard. but at the menu prior, for boot ...

hello, and thanks for the scripting :) im stuck at the password prompt with no keyboard, mineis usb and works at the boot prompt prior to the password prompt and also further on in puppy if i remove the encrypted save file... perhaps the usb modules need loading as part of your script ?? im running ...