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

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 15:45:21 PST 2010


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 18:00, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> 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.

I could see how a BIOS vendor could think it's a good idea to put a
pseudo-MBR that just loads a given partition as a backup, although I
don't think doing so is a good idea as it only promotes confusion and
bad habits (unless it can be turned off and is off by default).

-- 
-Gene




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