[syslinux] drive size limit for syslinux

[Rance Hall]

2011/3/9 Jernej Simončič <jernej.listsonly at ena.si>:
> On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 17:16:00, Rance Hall wrote:
>
>> Is there a non-bug reason why this wouldn't work, like a drive size
>> limit in syslinux?
>
> It's probably some kind of BIOS limitation (or bug) - try updating
> your laptop's BIOS first.
>
> Also, how are you booting off the USB drive - by using the USB-HDD
> option in BIOS, or by selecting the USB disk by name from among the
> Hard drives?
>
> --
> < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ >
>
> Everything goes wrong at once.
>       -- Thyme's Law
>
>


Ok, I thought I had the current BIOS but I'll double check that to be sure.

There is no USB-HDD boot option, the bios just scans all the drives it
know about at boot time and offers the option to boot to another one
other than default if I press a certain key while booting up.  It
scans all physical drives, cd drives, and usb devices looking for boot
information prior to creating the list of bootable choices.