Solved: Re: [ltp] Trying to boot X31 (2672-C8G) from USB-Stick

Matthias Himber linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 10 Jul 2004 11:23:03 +0200


Am Freitag, 9. Juli 2004 22:52 schrieb Toens Bueker 
toens.bueker-at-lists0903.nurfuerspam.neuroserve.de |Linux-Thinkpad|:
> After I followed all these steps (formatting the memory 
> stick and executing syslinux) - using XP instead of
> Linux - everything worked ok.
Looks like what your USB Stick lacked was a MS-DOS bootsector or MS-DOS MBR 
(or both).
The install-mbr program is included in many LiveCD distros, it can create an 
MS-DOS compatible MBR.
HTH,
	Matthias
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