[syslinux] Err: "Missing OS" Using altMBR.bin

[H. Peter Anvin]

groups, freeman wrote:
> - via DOS (ye olde Norton Disk Editor no less): I edit the 440th byte of
> the MBR (that is, the first byte of the 4-bye disk signature field) to
> contain 0x05

You want to set the byte at offset 439, that is, the one immediately
*before* the 4-byte signature field.  I did see that you did that
already, but just to clarify.

I'll see if I can find the time to run some tests.

	-hpa

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