Re: updating USB flash drive MBR to allow boot




In theory the livecd_to_usb program was supposed to make
it bootable as
part of the process. At least that is my
understanding.

JP


Hi;
as root do "fdisk -l"
Insert stick.
repeat "fdisk -l"

The new entry is your stick - say sdc1.
Now "fdisk /dev/sdc" - note drop the 1.
"p" to show the partition table.
If it is bootable there should be a "*" as the first char.
"a"
"1" for the first partition.
"p" star should be there now.
"w" to write it out.
done.







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