Ubuntu and featherlinux syslinux failure

[Cybe R. Wizard]

I'm trying to put featherlinux on my 1gig USB key.  I've DLed and
unzipped the zip to my key, loaded Ubuntu's syslinux 2.11-0.1ubuntu4
and run 
<sudo syslinux /dev/sda1>
which fails with:

sh: mcopy: command not found
syslinux: failed to create ldlinux.sys

Searching with Synaptic reveals no mcopy, I suppose it's supposed to be
included in syslinux?  At this point I'm stumped.  Should I remove
syslinux and install from source?  An other source than Ubuntu's?
Must I first delete all my other files on the USB key, format and
re-install?

Cybe R. Wizard
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