[syslinux] booting from usb

[Kent Robotti]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 09:19:09PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Kent Robotti wrote:
> >># extlinux /mnt/linux
> >
> >
> >Correction, you should do this.
> >	   
> ># extlinux /mnt/linux	   
> ># umount /mnt/linux
> ># cat mbr.bin >/dev/sda  "mbr.bin is part of the syslinux package!"
> >	  
> >If possible Cc me because i'm not subscribed.
> > 
> 
> FWIW, you don't need the umount before installing the MBR.

Right.

My BIOS seems to only look at my USB flash drive as a floppy drive, so it
needs to have no more than one partition (if any), and be FAT12/16/32
formatted.

I can't ext2 format my USB flash drive and have it recognized by my BIOS,
but i suppose some BIOSs will look at a USB flash drive as a hard drive
and not have that limitation.