Porteus

There are only two possibilities:
- booting script cant mount /dev/sdc1because filesystem is corrupted/some other reason (we would know the answer to that question if OP could create a folder and mount the stick manually)
- stick initializes slowly so additional 'delay=20' cheatcode is required

I have no other ideas at the moment

I kind of understand what you are saying, but I've used two diferent drives, formatted from within Windows and within Porteus and installed under those systems as well. Then finally I upgraded my LiLi and installed using it.

Maybe delay cheatcode could work, but IDK is a new PC and pretty fast, with full support for booting from several sources so maybe that wouldn't do much. If you tell me how I can create sdc1 and mount it then I could try it.

Anyways, I said I'd go for Slackware, but I couldn't figure out how to install it (appearently, it is like divided in many modules) so I'm now reserving a bit of space on a second HD for Fedora (because of UEFI compatibillity) and at the time of this writting I'm half way to finish Win recovery drive (If I mess, I'll be prepared this time.. )

I believe I still have the previous Porteus ISO x_86. I haven't tried that on this machine (for this PC is 64-b). I'll tell you how it goes.

I run 2 versions of Porteus (3.01 & 3.1) on 2 different machines (8G Dell Dual Core & HP Quad Core) from 3 memory sticks.
Both versions of Porteus work on the older machine.
3.01 worked absolutely on the Quad HP
3.1 requires delay=13 on Quad HP - to avoid "....sgn not found"
I do not know the reason, but the delay is a work around.

@northpeter1954
very strange - must be kernel related as booting script did not changed.

thanks a lot for sharing.

Hello everyone!. It's been a while.

First of all, thanks for your help. This is a very supporting community, and I'm happy to be part of it.
Second, I solved the problem. Delay cheatcode was necessary to mount /sdc1 (USB) so everything is now up and running. I couldn't be happier, I love Porteus.

Thanks for your kindness and thanks to the devs for such a beautiful distro, keep it like that.