[syslinux] 3.10pre8 & ipod shuffle

[robotti at godmail.com]

>Hello!
>
>I own an Ipod shuffle (512MB) and I am having trouble booting from it
>using syslinux 3.10pre8 (I have not tested older versions).
>
>I guess the Ipod shuffle works just like an ordinary USB key with a
>FAT32 partition so I have read http://syslinux.zytor.com/usbkey.php.
>
>My BIOS identifies it as a hard disk, so I hope I do not have to modify
>the geometry. Windows assigns the drive letter g: to it.
>
>Here is what I did:
>syslinux -sma g: (there is no error msg)
>
>But all I get after the reboot is:
>SYSLINUX 3.10 3.10-pre8 EBIOSLoad error - Boot error
>
>What should I try to do? Modify the geometry?

Try it without any options.

syslinux g:

Then try version 3.09 of syslinux, without and with options.

Maybe the '-m' option caused the problem, and the mbr
will still be there and keep causing it.