Hi Rob, > - cleared any partition information: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=8k count=2
Unnecessary destruction of working MBR... > - created new partition-table: > fdisk /dev/sdb > - created primary partition 1 and marked as bootable Only had to "marked as bootable" - rest is unnecessary. > - create new FAT16 filesystem: > mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sdb1 If you had not destroyed the partition information in earlier steps, you could have used existing (better) FAT16 or FAT16 filesystem as created by the USB stick vendor. > - tried to run "sys-freedos.pl": > sys-freedos.pl --disk=/dev/sdb > which reports: "not 512 bytes per sector" Simple: You must write the boot sector to the partition, not the MBR. perl sys-freedos.pl --disk=/dev/sdb1 Eric PS: Some USB stick vendors use FAT32 instead of FAT16. Can be better. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
