[syslinux] Question on docs

[Stephen Brown]

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Emilio M Recio wrote:
> >
> > 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?

Maybe the second computer doesn't support boot from USB devices.

Steve Brown
sbrown7 at umbc.edu