[syslinux] FW: Boot Error" on random machines

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Aug 29 09:49:41 PDT 2008


Sergii Kolisnyk wrote:
> Also changing MBR code to forced-LBA and partition type to LBA FAT (if
> it was CHS FAT) can help with syslinux. There was an old thread on the
> subject, I think it also sometime was in the official documentation
> (pre-3.0 ?).

Well, the Syslinux MBR will use LBA if it exists.  A BIOS which is too 
smart for its (and everything else's) own good may key on the partition 
type and enable or disable LBA.

	-hpa




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