[syslinux] booting from usb

[H. Peter Anvin]

Kent Robotti wrote:
> 
> mke2fs -m0 -F /dev/sdb
> mount /dev/sdb /mnt
> extlinux /mnt             It just hangs!
> extlinux -H 4 -S 62 /mnt  it hangs for a few seconds and displays "boot error"
> extlinux -z /mnt          It works and displays "CBIOS" etc.
> 
> Can extlinux be installed on a mounted ext2 partition and work, or
> must it be the whole device?
> 

It can be installed on a partition.

> Because, if i do this it doesn't work, but that may be because of the
> limitations of my BIOS.

Sounds like it.

	-hpa