Chris Lale wrote: > I have not changed the mbr at any stage. Am I creating a corrupt image? Any > suggestions would be welcome. Hi, You may try the images on the website and redo the dd/boot steps to be sure: http://live.debian.net/cdimage/daily-builds/current/i386/usb-hdd/debian-live-sid-i386-xfce-desktop.img Good luck, -- Vincent Stehlé