>I have encountered USB problems like this several times before.
>The first time it turned out to be a USB extension cable that was not
>rated for USB 2.0. The second time it turned out to be a hardware
>design flaw with a cheap RS232-USB converter device which would not
>work with any USB extension cable, even a very short one, regardless
>of the quality.
>
>For those interested, avoid the translucent green or blue ones on Ebay:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-RS232-Serial-DB9-9-Pin-Cable-Adapter-Converter-/120638649877?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c169fb615
>
>However, the solid black ones worked fine for me:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/RS-232-SERIAL-USB-CONVERTER-DB9-Linux-WIN-7-VISTA-Y1-/270599066257?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f00f61291
>
> <snip>
>
>Lastly, I am very disappointed by the error handling and reporting of
>the USB protocol and/or hardware implementations when confronted by
>cable-related problems. Very often, a device just totally hangs
>when it seems the right thing to do would be to have a graceful
>fallback to a lower, reliable, speed.
>
> Mike Shell
Mike,
I found that very informative. Thank you very much.
I got it to work, but, I had to gzip the iso file and then save it to
the
USB stick. Thanks again.
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