[syslinux] Syslinux & usb booting

[Lauri Kasanen]

> Lauri Kasanen wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I only want to figure out why the Windows version did install a 
> > mbr, when it wasn't told to, as this is weird.
> >
> > Recap:
> > - I tried in Linux, made the partition, marked active, formatted 
> > fat32, did a "syslinux-nomtools -sf /dev/sda1"
> > - it wasn't bootable, as I hadn't used the mbr.bin (which I now 
> > know, thanks to Tomas)
> > - then I tried on Win XP, using the same stick, without partitioning again
> > - I used "syslinux -sf f:", ie no -m switch.
> > - and the stick was bootable
> >
> > So, can someone explain what happened here?
> >
> 
> There might have been an MBR on it from the factory.  That is usually
> the case.
> 
> 	-hpa

But it wasn't bootable right after using syslinux on linux?

Lauri

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