[syslinux] usb-fdd with isohybrid??

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Oct 22 22:58:35 PDT 2008


Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> I finally got around to testing the isohybrid, and it seemed to work in the creation, but in my 
> lab, it sees the flash as a usb-fdd, and when I tried to boot from it, I just get a cursor in the 
> top left. In linux it comes up as a cdrom. 
> 
> Is there a process for this, or is this a case of having to use another method. 
> 
> Some time ago, I had use syslinux to boot from a flash, but I had to set an option in the cmos 
> that would then not allow the udpcast cds to boot. 

USB-FDD is unlikely to work, as you have discovered.  See if you can 
change your BIOS settings to USB-HDD or USB-ZIP.

	-hpa




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