[syslinux] Question on docs

[H. Peter Anvin]

Emilio M Recio wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just compiled syslinux 1.74 and i tried to do a syslinux /dev/sdc, but 
> it doesn't seem to work. The old syslinux that comes with redhat (1.52) 
> seems to do the job though. Basically, I plug the usb disk in, mkdosfs 
> -I /dev/sdc, syslinux /dev/sdc. Then I take it to another computer, and 
> it says nothing but "boot failed". Am I doing something wrong here? Is 
> it related to the problem noted above?
> 

No.  This would most likely be BIOS braindamage, although even that 
seems a bit weird.  What does mkdosfs -v report?

	-hpa