In my usb drive with EXT3 filesystem in /dev/sda1 partition, syslinux uses the first sector on /dev/sda1 but EXT3 filesystem doesn't? On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:> Kun Huang <gareth at unitedstack.com> writes: > > > For a bootable usb drive, syslinux seems use MBR and VBR > > (and some files on the partition) > > > to find vmlinuz and ramdisk. And VBR stays in the first sector of > > partition, 63rd for example. > > The first sector of a partition can be almost any sector of the disk. > > > So does VBR conflicts the filesystem on partition? > > No, it does not (at least not with filesystems supported by Syslinux). > -- > Regards, > Feri. > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >
On Oct 21, 2013 10:37 PM, "Kun Huang" <gareth at unitedstack.com> wrote:> > In my usb drive with EXT3 filesystem in /dev/sda1 partition, syslinux uses > the first sector on /dev/sda1 but EXT3 filesystem doesn't?Correct.> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote: > > > Kun Huang <gareth at unitedstack.com> writes: > > > > > For a bootable usb drive, syslinux seems use MBR and VBR > > > > (and some files on the partition) > > > > > to find vmlinuz and ramdisk. And VBR stays in the first sector of > > > partition, 63rd for example. > > > > The first sector of a partition can be almost any sector of the disk. > > > > > So does VBR conflicts the filesystem on partition? > > > > No, it does not (at least not with filesystems supported by Syslinux). > > -- > > Regards, > > Feri. > > _______________________________________________ > > Syslinux mailing list > > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > > Unsubscribe or set options at: > > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. >
thanks : ) On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:> On Oct 21, 2013 10:37 PM, "Kun Huang" <gareth at unitedstack.com> wrote: > > > > In my usb drive with EXT3 filesystem in /dev/sda1 partition, syslinux > uses > > the first sector on /dev/sda1 but EXT3 filesystem doesn't? > > Correct. > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote: > > > > > Kun Huang <gareth at unitedstack.com> writes: > > > > > > > For a bootable usb drive, syslinux seems use MBR and VBR > > > > > > (and some files on the partition) > > > > > > > to find vmlinuz and ramdisk. And VBR stays in the first sector of > > > > partition, 63rd for example. > > > > > > The first sector of a partition can be almost any sector of the disk. > > > > > > > So does VBR conflicts the filesystem on partition? > > > > > > No, it does not (at least not with filesystems supported by Syslinux). > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Feri. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Syslinux mailing list > > > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > > > Unsubscribe or set options at: > > > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > > > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Syslinux mailing list > > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > > Unsubscribe or set options at: > > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > > > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >