[syslinux] VBR conflicts filesystem?

[Gene Cumm]

On Oct 21, 2013 10:37 PM, "Kun Huang" <gareth at unitedstack.com> wrote:
>
> In my usb drive with EXT3 filesystem in /dev/sda1 partition, syslinux uses
> the first sector on /dev/sda1 but EXT3 filesystem doesn't?

Correct.

> 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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