Re: [Sugar-devel] Unbootable machine
El Sat, 29-08-2009 a las 10:25 -0400, Luke Faraone escribió: Well, the USB format idea was left unimplemented as we (I) couldn't get it working, but we should probably take a look at makebootfat to achieve the same goals. Or just use parted instead of fdisk to wipe the MBR and create it from scratch. It does the right thing on the USB sticks I tried. -- // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/ \X/ Sugar Labs - http://sugarlabs.org/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: [Sugar-devel] Unbootable machine
Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Also, the bootloader Gujin contains a stripped-down driver for ext4 so might be interesting for a fast-booting USB setup: http://gujin.sourceforge.net/ FWIW, Syslinux 4.00-preX supports ext4. -hpa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: [Sugar-devel] Unbootable machine
Bernie Innocenti wrote: El Sat, 29-08-2009 a las 10:25 -0400, Luke Faraone escribió: Well, the USB format idea was left unimplemented as we (I) couldn't get it working, but we should probably take a look at makebootfat to achieve the same goals. Or just use parted instead of fdisk to wipe the MBR and create it from scratch. It does the right thing on the USB sticks I tried. Note that the Syslinux tool mkdiskimage can be used to create disk images (or disk) with arbitrary geometry. -hpa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: [Sugar-devel] Unbootable machine
Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Also look for how you have configured your BIOS... some Award BIOSes have USB-ZIP, USB-HDD, USB-FDD configurations; you generally want USB-HDD. In my (older non-Sugar) experience, USB-HDD is best, then USB-ZIP, and if none of those options are available then pick USB-FDD (which is then most likely names something else). This is absolutely the order of preference. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list