[syslinux] Unbootable machine

[H. Peter Anvin]

>>>
>>> (parted) p
>>> Model: LEXAR JD EXPRESSION (scsi)
>>> Disk /dev/sdb: 123,86,26
>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
>>> BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 123,255,63.  Each cylinder is 8225kB.
>>> Partition Table: msdos
>> Ah, okay.  Does 64x32 work, too?
>>
>> I'm trying to gather as much information about what makes sticks boot...
> 
> I've never managed to get a stick that presents 2048-byte sectors to boot.
> 

I would expect very few BIOSes to correctly handle any other sector size
than 512 (and Syslinux doesn't support them, either, since I have never
had a specimen.)  I expect that 4K sectors will eventually get
supported, since disk drive manufacturers are pushing for 4096 to be the
new 512.

	-hpa