[syslinux] Question on docs
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Oct 2 20:15:28 PDT 2002
Emilio M Recio wrote:
> Just wondering if there was any documentation other than what's on the
> FAQ/webpage?
>
> If not, under the section which says how to be able to use syslinux on a
> harddrive, it states, "A simple MBR, roughly on par with the one
> installed by DOS (but unencumbered), is included in the SYSLINUX
> distribution"
>
> How do i install this MBR to the harddrive (in my case, I am using a USB
> drive partitioned into three.)
>
> I have tried:
>
> dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb
> syslinux /dev/sdb1
>
That should work -- except that the mbr.asm shipped with SYSLINUX 1.x is
broken. Get the latest SYSLINUX 2.xx prerelease and it should work.
(Hmmm... I should merge it back into the 1.x tree.)
-hpa
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