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my dsl-3.0.1 iso image passes md5 check so its good, I burned as an image to a business card cd....

Im running an AMD fx55 on an A8n-sli mobo with 1 gig of RAM,

trying to boot DSL from a USB dvd/cdrom (plextor)

I get this:

"...
checking for myDSL apps... NTFS:Partition cluster size is not supported yet (it is > max kernel blocksize).
Done.
INIT: Entering runlevel 5:
NTFS:Partition cluster size is not supported yet (it is > max kernel blocksize).
su (pam_unix) [782]: session opened for user dsl by (UID=0)
using Xvesa default 1024x768x32 -mouse "/dev/input/mice"
"/dev/input/mice", 5 mouse
x auth: creating new authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority
/home/dsl/.Xauthority
giving up.
Xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
Xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error
dsl@tty1[dsl]$
"
then nothing.

I'd appreciate any hints that might point me in the right direction... never used linux of any flavor before.

Thanks

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