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

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Nov 24 15:00:18 PST 2010


On 11/24/2010 01:26 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
>>
>> Correct, but in this case it's irrelevant because other computers boot
>> the stick fine.
> 
> FWIW:
>  I do read that as:
>   The so called working computer don't honour the boot flag
>   and the "failing computer" does respect no partition marked active.
> 
> 
> My advice: Mark the partition active in the MBR.
> 

The active flag is interpreted by the MBR, not by the BIOS... at least
that's how it's *supposed* to work.

	-hpa




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