[syslinux] Problems to get booting Flashkey

[H. Peter Anvin]

Daniel Rindt wrote:
> 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
> 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
> 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. 
> 

cat mbr.bin > /dev/sda

Use fdisk to make sure sda1 is marked active.

	-hpa