[syslinux] USB boot problems on Gigabyte GA-M55Plus-S3G

Thomas Schmitt scdbackup at gmx.net
Wed Jan 15 04:45:03 PST 2014


Hi,

> I have a
> strong suspicion that this LBA "flag" is a fake flag that simply indicates
> if a FAT partition type was set as CHS (0x06, 0x0b for FAT16 and FAT32
> respectively [1]) or LBA (0x0e, 0x0c for FAT16 LBA and FAT32 LBA
> respectively [1]).

This sounds plausible.
(I still wonder how the C/H and H/S factors are determined
 for the C/H/S case.)

Can you advise Ronald a way to get rid of the active/bootable flag ?
Just to see how much stake this quirk of his board has in the
overall problem.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas



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