[syslinux] Problems to get booting Flashkey

[Geert Stappers]

Op 16-03-2008 om 01:59 schreef Daniel Rindt:
> Hello List,
> 
> iam following to this howto:
> http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick
> but when iam try the command:
> # syslinux /dev/sda1
                    a1

> it writes only into the FAT partition the files they need, but mbr still
> is empty after. iam do this:
> # dd if=/dev/sda of=/tmp/mbr.dd bs=512 count=1
            just a

> and open it with ghex2 in my case and see only the partition table.
> 
> as far as i can remember i had done this step on the same machine
> successfully for some months ago. and in the bios  cannot change
> something like emulation floppy, cdrom or disc. so iam run out of
> ideas. 

What I see is that two _different_ devices are used.

I would check if /dev/sda1 is marked as bootable and boot.
If it failed, I would use the complete USB stick as ONE partition
and run all actions on /dev/sda

> probably someone can please help me? many thanks in advance.
> --Daniel

I hope it helped. ( I don't have hardware that can boot from USB.  )

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Cheers
Geert Stappers