John Villalovos
2007-Aug-21 20:21 UTC
[syslinux] "Boot error" on USB drive on some systems
I searched the mailing list and tried to find an answer, but didn't see anything. I have a Sandisk U3 Cruzer Micro 4.0GB flash drive. I have removed the U3 software via the uninstall utility on the U3 website. The USB flash drive is on /dev/sdc I have tried this with syslinux 3.11 (from Ubuntu 7.04) and syslinux 3.36 (from Ubuntu Gutsy). I fdisked the drive and created a 750MB FAT16 partition (type 0x6) and made it active. It is /dev/sdc1 I cat'ed the mbr.bin (from the syslinux package) to /dev/sdc. I have also tried putting the MBR on using 'ms-sys'. I then did: syslinux /dev/sdc1 (also tried syslinux -s /dev/sdc1). I also setup stuff so that I would have a menu, by creating a syslinux.cfg. When it boots up on one system, it works. I get the menu. On two other systems, all I see is "Boot Error". Which I think comes from syslinux, by looking at the first sector of the partition, I see that string. Is there anyway to get more debug output to help me figure this issue out? Thanks, John