search for: sfmar

Hello, Peter! I want to thank you for your great util syslinux! It works fine for me. I discovered all web and package content, man's, but i didn't find info about what are -f and -r options are used for. When I start syslinux.exe in Windows, I get such help message: Usage: syslinux.exe [-sfmar][-d directory] <drive>: [bootsecfile] I know: -s safe, slow, stupid version of loader, for old BIOSes -m write MBR to device -a make partition boot flag active But -f and -r options are undocumented. Thank you, Ruslan from Russia.

I intend to release SYSLINUX 3.73-pre7 as SYSLINUX 3.73 as soon as possible. Please let me know if there are any outstanding bugs with 3.73-pre7 that either haven't been reported or I have forgotten about... it's been a while. -hpa

...the above are entirely perplexing, given the content of the above messages: ~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations ~~~~~~~~~~ The hidden file ldlinux.sys has been installed Your D: drive should now be bootable. //NOTE// If your USB flash drive fails to boot (maybe buggy BIOS), try to use "syslinux -sfmar D:". Press any key to exit this window! Obviously, in addition to any/all other problems illustrated by the above quoted messages, I need to head down now to my local Fry's Electronics store and purchase a better keyboard. The one I have doesn't have an "any" key. :-) (I...

In message <BLU0-SMTP557B92590B4CC34F8318088BB30 at phx.gbl>, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote: >Since in all cases you get to see at least the Syslinux copyright >message, the problem doesn't seem to be related to whether your BIOS >can identify the USB disk and boot from it. I can only agree. >Some GA motherboards might identify some USB drives as