Hi, I have a M-Systems DiskOnKey USB Storage Device that I would like to use to boot a computer into Linux. I think this is possible but I'm having problems and have some questions: 1. What should be on the MBR of the USB device? I have tried using the mbr.bin in the syslinux-2.07 distro. 2. How does this device appear to the BIOS, i.e. what should the boot device be? USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, or USB-HDD? I have tried several things, but have had no success. I tried using some instructions from SPBlinux <http://www.8ung.at/spblinux/index.htm>, but have had no success. Has anyone else out there? Thanks, David
David Mattes wrote:> Hi, > > I have a M-Systems DiskOnKey USB Storage Device that I would like to use > to boot a computer into Linux. I think this is possible but I'm having > problems and have some questions: > > 1. What should be on the MBR of the USB device? I have tried using the > mbr.bin in the syslinux-2.07 distro. > > 2. How does this device appear to the BIOS, i.e. what should the boot > device be? USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, or USB-HDD? >It depends on your device and on your BIOS. If the answer is anything but USB-HDD, then you shouldn't have an MBR on the disk at all. I suspect the answer is USB-HDD (that seems to be the case for most the USB keys I've seen), but I don't know for sure. -hpa