[syslinux] Syslinux + USB + PE 2.0

[H. Peter Anvin]

Matthew Holevinski wrote:
> Oh My God!
> I cannot believe I got this to work.
> 
> Reformated USB Thumbdrive 8 gig DataTraveler using windows PE.
> Verified PE installation on it would boot normally without syslinux bootloader.
> 
> Downloaded DD for windows and ran this command
> dd if=\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 of=c:\vista.bin bs=512 count=1
> 
> Copied my vista.bin file to my g:\(thumbdrive)
> Installed syslinux "syslinux -m -a g:"
> 
> Edited my syslinux.cfg to say
> LABEL mype
> MENU DEFAULT
> MENU LABEL ^1. My PE
> KERNEL vista.bin
> 
> and BOOM! Everything works like a charm now, that vista.bin file of mine is like
> gold if you ask me, i should redistribute that thing on the internet
> for anyone else who might need it.
> 
> Thank you So MUCH! for the help guys.
> 

You may want to rename it vista.bss, at least if you're using a FAT
filesystem.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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