[syslinux] VBR conflicts filesystem?

[Kun Huang]

In my usb drive with EXT3 filesystem in /dev/sda1 partition, syslinux uses
the first sector on /dev/sda1 but EXT3 filesystem doesn't?


On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:

> Kun Huang <gareth at unitedstack.com> writes:
>
> > For a bootable usb drive, syslinux seems use MBR and VBR
>
> (and some files on the partition)
>
> > to find vmlinuz and ramdisk. And VBR stays in the first sector of
> > partition, 63rd for example.
>
> The first sector of a partition can be almost any sector of the disk.
>
> > So does VBR conflicts the filesystem on partition?
>
> No, it does not (at least not with filesystems supported by Syslinux).
> --
> Regards,
> Feri.
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