[syslinux] Problem booting from CF/SD cards and USB Flashdrives using syslinux

[c.lee111 at gmail.com]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> c.lee111 at gmail.com wrote:
> > I've looked at the CF/SD cards and USB Flashdrives using Gparted and it 
> > says the cards using syslinux are bootable, so that's not the problem.
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure the CF/SD cards and USB Flashdrives aren't being 
> > formated as USB-ZIP under Win98se and MS-DOS 6.22, so why can I create
> > bootable CF/SD cards and USB Flashdrives under Win98se and MS-DOS 6.22, 
> > but not under Linux using syslinux?
> 
> They're probably triggering different bugs.  In particular Win98SE and 
> MS-DOS may not be using EBIOS, whereas syslinux might be trying to and 
> getting a hard lockup.
> 
> The first thing to try is to install syslinux with the -s option.  I 
> need to add an option to force CBIOS, too.

I'll give this a try and get back to you.

> > Am I overlooking something here?
> > 
> > Here's a look at my motherboard and BIOS.
> 
> What program are you using to print this summary out, out of curiosity?
> 
> 	-hpa
> 

It's called lshw and can be found on the RIP Linux 2.5.8 rescue cd as 
well as other linux-based rescue cd's. 

Thanks, Chris