[syslinux] Boot 32GB Multi-partition Flash as USB-ZIP

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/24/2010 02:22 PM, Michal Soltys wrote:
> 
> In this context - if the pc is a bit older (say 2007/8 or earlier) and 
> if it has an award bios - than your problem might be in FAT32. 
> Generally, those bioses will often /require/ the active partition to 
> /have/ FAT16 filesystem for it to be treated as anything else than 
> CHS-only floppy - even if you force usb-hdd, usb-zip or if the bios has 
> a bit more modern usb harddisk entry (with named device) in boot menu.
> 
> As crazy as it sounds, I did experience it myself on handful of times, 
> and there was a thread on the mailing list a while ago that pointed me 
> into right direction as well:
> 

BIOS vendors have done an astonishingly number of stupid things trying
to be smart.

	-hpa