Hi forgot an important issue...
The problem is normally related to CHS BIOS translation and I think it all depends on the USB stick size. Luis > -----Original Message----- > From: Luis.F.Correia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:00 AM > To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages > > Hi! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charles Steinkuehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <snip> > > > > IIRC, a USB keys can be formatted as a "floppy" type device > > (ie: one partition), or as a HDD (ie: 4 primary partitions). > > > > It should be possible to make an image that has an HDD > partition table > > with a smallish (ie: maybe 8 Megs or so, still a *LOT* bigger than a > > floppy) FAT partition containing the boot files as the first > > partition. > > The remaining space could be unused, or formatted and used > once the > > LEAF system was up and running. > > > > This should make it unnecessary to know the size of the USB key (as > > long as the key is bigger than the boot partition size). > The geometry > > issue shouldn't generally be a problem...the CHS geometry > of the FAT > > filesystem is essentially embedded in the partition table, > so would be > > written when the image is burned onto the USB key. > > From what i've read so far for the last 3 years or so in the > syslinux list, this may or may not be true. > > It all depends on how the BIOS boot mechanism was designed by > the mainboard manufacturer. > > Of course we could create one test image and ask for > volunteers to test it is several machines with several USB sticks. > > But I guess I know the result already... no deterministic results. > > See, the BIOS manufacturers are Windoze centric, they > couldn't care less about Linux, *BSD or other unixes. They > say it's not their problem, since it boots Windoze ok... > > But I'm willing to 'sacrifice' one of my USB sticks to make > tests in the 3 or 4 different machines I have access that can > do boot from USB, and yes, that includes some hp servers :) > > > Luis Correia > Bering uClibc Team Member > > PGP Fingerprint: BC44 D7DA 5A17 F92A CA21 9ABE DFF0 3540 2322 21F6 > Key Server: http://pgp.mit.edu > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > leaf-devel mailing list > leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
