Boot from Usb Key

[jon.dmml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org]

I found the strangest thing. This program called HP USB Disk Format
Tool. It formated my Lexar USB key (with no problems) and created a
bootable dos disc. However, it must have written it all to the mbr
because there are no files on the drive. If I could somehow get the
program to intepret my linux boot files as dos system files, I might
be able to get a bootable system. Any ideas as to what I could do?


On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:05:06 -0400, jon.dmml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
<jon.dmml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have tried spblinux AND syslinux on USB key... If I could somehow
> figure out how my bios works with usb keys... I have a dell dimension
> 4600 and they should have somewhere instructions on how to boot from a
> usb key.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 22 Sep 2004 18:53:39 -0400, Tim Writer <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Henry Spencer <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org> writes:
> >
> > > On 22 Sep 2004, Tim Writer wrote:
> > > > I have found that a _lot_ of systems (even some very new ones) won't boot
> > > > from USB, even if the BIOS has such an option.  In addition, some boards will
> > > > boot other USB devices (floppy, CD-ROM, etc.) but not a key.  This seems to
> > > > be a geometry issue which can sometimes be worked around by installing
> > > > another mbr...
> > >
> > > The story I hear -- haven't experimented myself -- is that the BIOS, the
> > > MBR, and the filesystem itself all have to mesh perfectly for it to work.
> > > Not enough attention was paid to standardizing the details, and the result
> > > is a mess, where the probability of everything cooperating properly
> > > without expert attention is quite low.
> >
> > But don't worry, Microsoft is going to fix this with their new standard. ;-)
> >
> >    http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040916.html
> >
> >
> >
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