[syslinux] Creating a bootable partition on a USB disk with syslinux

[Wagner Ferenc]

Andreas Jellinghaus <aj at leogic.com> writes:

> Am Montag, 10. September 2007 schrieb H. Peter Anvin:
>> Ian Brown wrote:
>>> My question is: shouldn't syslinux /dev/sdb1 create a bootable partition
>>> ? Should I use fdisk for it ? (like the "a" command of fdisk,
>>> toggle a bootable flag)
>>
>> You need to install an MBR and mark the partition active.
>
> debian/ubuntu has also a package "mbr" with a programm install-mbr.
> but: this program adds some hot keys so people can choose which partition
> to boot during boot. this can be a security issue in some setups.
> (or an annoyance as it adds a few seconds to the boot time.)

This program has options to disable all the fancyness.

> oops, checked ubuntu lilo package, no longer contains an mbr.
> does anyone know a source of an open source mbr without fancy features?

Syslinux contains one.
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Cheers,
Feri.