[syslinux] "sector read error" with Syslinux

[Krista0B]

Thanks for your help...

I tried versions 3.71 and 3.63.
My USB is OCZ Diesel, 8GB, FAT32 (just in case you keep a list of the USB's
with the "magic" MBR's...).
Win98 (My more recent Linux PC had a hardware failure but I can access a
friend's WinXP or Vista, and report results on the more modern Windows back
to you if it helps.)

Did a checksum on an ISO file as it was downloaded to E: (USB drive).
Extracted all the files within the ISO to E:  Then, as instructed by the ISO
distributor, moved the files in the "loader" folder to the root directory &
of those files, I renamed isolinux.cfg to SYSLINUX.CFG, & deleted
isolinux.bin.
Then unzipped syslinux.zip from www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux
into my C:\syslinux.   Went to a DOS prompt using the Windows Start Menu.
Went to C:\syslinux\DOS, then entered syslinux -ma e:


----- Original Message ----- 
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [syslinux] "sector read error" with Syslinux


> Krista0B wrote:
> >
> > I get the "read sector error" after entering "syslinux -ma e:".  I
checked
> > the Syslinux incompatible-hardware-list, etc., and am coming up blank.
I
> > also did a "thorough" scandisk to make sure it wasn't telling me there's
> > some physical error on the boot sector or somesuch :-) but the drive is
> > perfect.
> >
>
> This means that Syslinux requested reading your USB disk, but got an
> error back from Windows.  Without more information, that's all I can
> tell you at this point.
>
> There are some USB sticks which have "magic" MBRs, and some others which
> have 1024-byte sectors; both are rare but existent.
>
> Either way, please give as much information as you can (versions of
> Windows, what *exact* steps you took from the beginning, etc.) and we
> might be able to figure something out.
>
> -hpa
>