Xianwen Chen
2012-Jan-05 06:55 UTC
[syslinux] Dell Latitude E5410 doesn't boot my USB thumbnail
Hi there, I have a 512MB USB thumbnail which I used syslinux to create a bootable USB disk. It works fine with my old laptop and a few other computers. However, on my Dell Latitude E5410, it doesn't really work; when the Dell laptop boots, I pressed F9 to see the boot devices list and the thumbnail is not on the list. Some hints please? x -- [?] Please notice that v9 at dr.com is no longer accessible. [?] Backup email: xianwen.chen at yahoo.com
Gene Cumm
2012-Jan-05 11:06 UTC
[syslinux] Dell Latitude E5410 doesn't boot my USB thumbnail
On Jan 5, 2012 1:57 AM, "Xianwen Chen" <xianwen.chen at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi there, > > I have a 512MB USB thumbnail which I used syslinux to create a bootableUSB disk. It works fine with my old laptop and a few other computers. However, on my Dell Latitude E5410, it doesn't really work; when the Dell laptop boots, I pressed F9 to see the boot devices list and the thumbnail is not on the list.> > Some hints please?These systems detect attribute and test certain things before showing you the drive as a choice. My observation is that this helps end users that just leave a USB drive plugged in and the boot sequence is set to boot USB automatically before internal HDD by their administrator. 1) partitioning. I had issues with other OptiPlex/Latitude models in the same time frame when I attempted custom geometry. I'm uncertain on alignment (ie 1 MiB alignment rather than cylinder). 2) filesystem. I haven't attempted anything but FAT16/FAT32. You might be able to fake it by filling in the "fields" of FAT16 if for example you're using ext3. -- -Gene