I have been trying to subscribe / post to this list without success.  The list server doesn''t like the email

address I have had for over 20 years, or the password I chose except to say they weren't valid/

I have been trying to install beta-4 since it came out.  Installation is successful but it won't boot.  Always

fails with a message about being unable to mount the root partition on unknown block address. Latest

one suggests several possible entries, none of which are valid and look like they pertain to the CD drive I

installed from.  Grub config and fstab contain valid entries - either UUID or sd(*).  I am installing to removeable

thumb drives, which I do whenever installing  a new or updated distro.

I have come to the conclusion that installing to anything but the primary hard drive is not currently supported.

After a disastrous experience trying to install another distro to my priimay hard drive I am not anxious to risk

repeating that experience.  Any insights, suggestions, or other help would be appreciated

I am not a newbie.  I have been using linux since the initial release of 0.99.3 many years ago.

Carl R. Powers

powers@copper.net