[syslinux] Boot 32GB Multi-partition Flash as USB-ZIP

[Ferenc Wagner]

Ray Rashif <schivmeister at gmail.com> writes:

> I have a Pentium 4 machine that does not boot from my 32GB SanDisk
> Cruzer. Its first partition is 24GB and FAT32, to serve as
> cross-platform storage. There is a second partition of 7GB in EXT2
> which is bootable and contains a Linux system armed with syslinux
> (extlinux). This works fine booting off of recent laptops and desktops
> alike.
>
> This particular desktop has in its BIOS everything related to USB and
> booting configured well. "USB Boot" is "Enabled". There is a "Legacy
> USB Emulation" or something along those lines set to "Full-speed", and
> "High Speed USB" is "Enabled". Changing these has no effect.
>
> In the boot options, there is only the floppy under "Removable
> Storage". The SanDisk is successfully detected as a Hard Disk and has
> to be moved up in the list. In this case, the SanDisk gets first
> priority.
>
> The BIOS does get it right, because I see a syslinux error flashing
> by: "Missing operating system"

What code is in your MBR?  The mbr.bin from Syslinux?  Are the LBA
fields correct in your partition table?
-- 
Regards,
Feri.