[syslinux] Failure to boot isohybrid image from USB stick

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> http://live.debian.net/cdimage/lenny-builds/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-live-
> lenny-i386-standard.iso

That one is not isohybrid-ready yet. Your script
refuses with:
  syslinux-3.72/utils/isohybrid:
  /dvdbuffer/debian-live-lenny-i386-standard.iso:
  bootloader is missing isolinux.bin hybrid signature

What i want to test is an ISO image that is (except
the random $id) a byte-by-byte copy of an image that
is proven to have booted on some system.


The other significant test would be if somebody could
successfully boot from USB stick. 
  http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/RIPLinux-7.2-non-X.iso
E.g. copied to /dev/sdb by

  dd if=RIPLinux-7.2-non-X.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

(This overwrites partitioning and filesystem on the stick)

The image already has an isohybrid MBR but one may apply
utils/isohybrid once more before copying to stick.
Both ways did not work for me.
If it boots for somebody then i do not have to look
for any other proven image.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas