Re: [Etherboot-developers] How to build USB key image for old etherboot 5.4.2 image

H.P.A,

I think I need the following 4 steps:
1. Format the USB to FAT file system
2. In a linux system, run:
    syslinux /dev/sda1(USB)
3. copy the mydriver.zlilo to the USB driver as mydriver.zli
4. Create a syslinux.cfg file with the following line, and copy it to 
the USB drive
default mydriver.zli

Did I get it right?

Thanks,
Joyce


H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Joyce Yu wrote:
>   
>> H.P.A,
>>
>> I still had hard time to boot the etherboot image from a USB flash. I 
>> formatted the USB flash (2G, too big?) to FAT, then copied the syslinux 
>> and mydriver.zlilo to the USB flash. I always got disk error when system 
>> tried to boot the USB flash. I tried different syslinux from a few 
>> different Linux systems (both 32 and 64 bit). I even copied the syslinux 
>> from the system's local disk, but I still got the same error message. 
>> Anything I did wrong might cause this?
>>
>> I also download the syslinux-3.60.zip from the kernel.org. I copied the 
>> syslinux from mtools/syslinux to the USB flash, and I still got the same 
>> disk error message. I also tried a few different systems.
>>     
>
> That won't help.  You need to actually run it with:
>
> 	syslinux /dev/...
>
> ... where /dev/... is the appropriate device.  After syslinux loads, 
> verify the proper version is running by looking at the copyright banner 
> or pressing Ctrl-V at the boot: prompt.
>
> 	-hpa
>
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