[syslinux] Syslinux "new" vs "old": strange difference on USB flash set-up

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Fri Apr 12 15:08:50 PDT 2013


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:34 PM, alex lupu <alupu01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2.  Last command of the tried and true script above (either):
>  "2.Good":  'syslinux(3.36) -s /dev/sdb'     Command succeeds (no surprise).
>    or:
>  "2.Bad":   'syslinux(5.01) -i /dev/sdb'     Command succeeds (no surprise).

> Any helpful/interesting words will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> -- Alex

I wouldn't use superfloppy mode on a USB disk so large.  Why not
partition it?  Are you writing an ISO straight to the disk?

Where did you get the syslinux installers from?  The precompiled in
the official binary/source archive on kernel.org perhaps?

--
-Gene


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