[syslinux] Syslinux & usb booting

[Andrew Stuart]

Lauri Kasanen wrote:
>> Tomas M wrote:
>>     
>>> I had similar problem in the past.
>>> When set up in Windoz, the Flash Key was bootable.
>>> When in Linux, nothing.
>>>
>>> My problem was solved by 'cat mbr.bin > /dev/sda'
>>> Simply said, if you write the bootloader (syslinux) to /dev/sda1 
>>> in Linux, it doesn't do anything unless you put a generic MBR code
>>> to the MBR area of your device. Because MBR is read and executed
>>> first, and then the MBR code looks for partitions and bootloader in sda1.
>>>
>>> Syslinux in windows will write the MBR, but syslinux in Linux won't.
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>       
>> It won't (unless you use -m), but if you partition the disk in Windows,
>> then I believe Windows will.
>>
>> 	-hpa
>>     
>
> Hi. I didn't partition it in Windows. It had the same partitions from the Linux try.
>
> BTW, while you're listening, the documentation for Syslinux really sucks, most of the options aren't mentioned at all (only -s is)
>
>   
Thank you for your offer of improving the documentation. It is greatly 
appreciated. I am sure unified diffs would be preferred.

-Andrew