CrunchBang Linux

I shy away from Puppy because I don't like all the configuration required. That said, something that's based on Sid is going to get some taking used to, and some mucking with, too.
I tried Plop, it was an interesting experiment, and maybe Plop was alright, as it did seem to search, and I assume, find the usb stick that I had Crunchbang's ISO on. But once it switched control to the memory stick, all I got was a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. The image never opened, no splash screen, no operating system or install option.

I tried several OS's before on this laptop, and Crunchbang has been the most successful of any of them so far. I don't know if the switch to Wheezy will be too much for it now, but hopefully things that were OK before are OK now, and the new and improved parts don't cludge up what little extra capacity this box has.