[syslinux] Error on extlinux 3.86 boot: "Missing Operating System"

Gert Hulselmans gerth at zytor.com
Wed Apr 7 13:52:55 PDT 2010


Psycho Mantys wrote:
> And the install not report something wrong. But, when a boot on disk,
> i have a error: "Missing Operation System", and the extlinux not give
> me a prompt.

You forget to set the boot flag to the partition.

You can set it with fdisk for example (set boot flag to /dev/sda1):

$ fdisk /dev/sda
Command (m for help): a
Partition number (1-X): 1
Command (m for help): w

- Gert Hulselmans




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