On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > Yes, I remember about your rescue ISO. I may do the same once I work out how > to incorporate my own customisations into it. Maybe that should be the first > thing to do. I have a USB stick like that, but it refuses to boot any more. >
I've been running systemrescuecd on a USB stick, but for one of my systems I had to format the device with Windows and then just copy the files and run syslinux on it from a linux box. Running the full systemrescuecd installer results in a USB stick that boots on some of my systems, but not all of them. I'm sure that is a matter of a brain-dead BIOS that isn't following the spec. (All a BIOS is supposed to do is check for a magic number on the first block, and if present load it into RAM and jump into it at a set offset. I suspect this motherboard is trying to do more than that, perhaps as part of a firmware loader function/etc which would require more knowledge of FAT.) So, if you have a USB stick that won't boot, consider that the problem may actually lie in your BIOS... -- Rich
