[syslinux] Loading syslinux native from a USB HDD

[P.J. Dickson]

Hi there guys!

I want to set up Puppy-Linux to run off a 2GB USB key-drive in native 
mode (I.e. not as a virtual machine, which I'm finding runs too slow on 
my system, under XP.)

To test it out, I want to run off a 150GB USB HDD.  Now this drive is 
NTFS formatted and way bigger than the 1GB file structure limit that I 
read about in the Syslinux documentation.  There's only one partition on 
the USB HDD at the moment.  I've copied in the Puppy-Linux files 
(including syslinux.com) and I told the BIOS to boot from the USB.  It 
seems to go there but nothing happens, it just hangs.

What have I got to do to make this beast run?

Many thanks to anyone who can take the time to give me a few lines of 
advice.

Paul