Chris,

Works like a charm (PClinuxOS-minime)!

And, yes, if I boot to HDD then, I know, I have to re-enter bios and set USB above HDD again.

Now I can get on with making some good usb boot tools

Thanks a heap! Never occurred to me to find usb in the HDD category.

Note: prior to that, it would start to boot & I would get a (virus?) alert about an app trying to access hardware directly.