[syslinux] USB boot

[H. Peter Anvin]

David Mattes wrote:
> So, I think I've really screwed up my device, putting MBR's on it,
> formatting it ext3, etc. etc.  I want to start with a blank slate (and
> of course I didn't dd the original image off of it).  Should I
> reinitialize the device with a Win2k format command (FAT16) in order to
> work with syslinux?  What about the MBR, should it be zeroed out?

If BIOS sees it as a HDD then it needs an MBR (e.g. mbr.bin.)

If the BIOS sees it as a FDD then it should not have an MBR.

SYSLINUX only supports FAT12 and FAT16.  You need another boot loader if
you want to boot from ext3 (the semi-mythical "extlinux" hasn't actually
happened yet.)

	-hpa