[syslinux] syslinux can't read the configuration file on USB

[Matthew Holevinski]

I think i've had this problem before, goto a vista machine or find a
vista version of disk part and diskpart it.

diskpart
select disk 1(assuming 1 is the thumbdrive)
clean (wipes out the partition tables)
create partition primary
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
active
exit

Now your usb thumbdrive should be bootable
after you syslinux -ma {thumbdrive letter}

Have fun bud.

Matt

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:25 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> On 05/16/2010 01:08 PM, Noam Meltzer wrote:
>>>>
>>> Can you try syslinux-4.00-pre45:
>>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/
>>>
>>> In Syslinux 4.xx, filesystems are implemented in C instead of assembler.
>>> So Syslinux 4.xx may work.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry, I should have mentioned it, but I tried 4.00-pre40 and I had the same
>> problem...
>>
>
> Please do try 4.00-pre45; there are a bunch of bug fixes since -pre40.
>
> It would be good if you could post an image of the USB disk; if you zero
> out the entire stick (with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX...) before
> building the filesystem on it then it will compress better.
>
>        -hpa
>
> --
> H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
> I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.
>
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