Death before Decaf!!!
--- On Sat, 5/31/08, Javier Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Javier Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: updating USB flash drive MBR to allow boot > To: "For users of Fedora" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 7:10 AM > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Bill Crawford > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > 2008/5/30 Javier Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > heads/cylinder 16 (FAT) != 247 (HD) > > > sect/track 32 (FAT) != 62 (HD) > > > Current partition structure: > > > Warning: Incorrect number of heads/cylinder 16 > (FAT) != 247 (HD) > > > Warning: Incorrect number of sectors per track 32 > (FAT) != 62 (HD) > > > 1 * FAT32 LBA 0 0 33 1021 179 > 28 15646688 [LITTLE > > OWL] > > > > Hi, now I can confirm > Changing the partition structure allows my Data Traveller > to boot from home, > a MSI K8MM-V motherboard. > > At work, it does not boot, it is an HP Compaq d220 MT with > unknown > motherboard. The bios has the USB boot option > but it does not want to boot from my flash drive for some > reason that I > still have to find out. > > > -- Hi; I use vfat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 2041 MB, 2041577472 bytes 61 heads, 60 sectors/track, 1089 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3660 * 512 = 1873920 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 1 1089 1992840 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) In fdisk set the type to "c", and make it active. Then "mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX" to format it. Mick M. -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
