[syslinux] USB-HDD
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jun 20 10:08:47 PDT 2008
Gilles Espinasse wrote:
>
> The main difference between usb-fdd and usb-hdd/usb-zip is that :
> - usb-fdd is not partitionned,
> - usb-hdd use partition1 and need a mbr
> - usb-zip (or real zip) use partition4 and need a mbr
>
No. The main difference between USB-HDD and USB-ZIP is the geometry:
the USB-HDD geometry is variable but is normally 63/255 (and often read
from the partition table), whereas USB-ZIP geometry is fixed as 64/32.
-hpa
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