[syslinux] Bootable USB key...

[Mr. X]

--- On Mon, 10/26/09, John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [syslinux] Bootable USB key...
> To: syslinux at zytor.com
> Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 3:52 AM
> Hi,
> 
> I have a 'little' issue with my bootable USB keys...
> The following used to work (isolinux 3.11-4):
> 
>    Device Boot     
> Start         End   
>   Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdg1   *       
>    1       
>    3   
>    23126    6  FAT16
> /dev/sdg2           
>    4        1023 
>    7873380   83  Linux
> 
> mkfs.vfat -n BOOT /dev/sdg1
> mkfs.ext2 -m 0 -b 4096 -L DATA /dev/sdg2
> 
> syslinux -s /dev/sdg1

the ldlinux.sys should be under /syslinux too.
You don't need it to be in the root of the drive.

>   /ldlinux.sys
no. When boot time comes there are no config files.
>   /syslinux
>   /syslinux/boot.cat
>   /syslinux/boot.msg
>   /syslinux/general.msg
>   /syslinux/initrd.img
>   /syslinux/memtest

So call #syslinux -s /full-path-to-syslinux-folder

-- 
Mark