[syslinux] Creating a bootable partition on a USB disk with syslinux

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Sep 10 09:29:13 PDT 2007


Ian Brown wrote:
> 
> My question is: shouldn't syslinux /dev/sdb1 create a bootable partition ?
> Should I use fdisk for it ? (like the "a" command of fdisk,
> toggle a bootable flag)
> 

You need to install an MBR and mark the partition active.

	-hpa




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