On 1/2/13, M de Luis <gimme_the_giffs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I copied the Net installation iso of Fedora to my USB flash drive using > the Fedora LiveUSB creator, I noticed that the pre-existing FAT32 filesystem > on the thumb drive had been unaltered, and that DOS readable files for the > live image and Network installation had been added in 4-new directories. > Presumably some sort of boot loader, that is able to read the FAT32 > filesystem files, was added to the boot sector region of the flash drive. As > soon as I am able to recreate this mystery boot loader's installation > process for a FAT32 formatted IDE drive, then the problem is licked. It's no > effort to boot the laptop from a Windows98 rescue disk using the floppy > drive, create a temporarily bootable DOS partition for the Net installation > files, and then given the bios' legacy USB support will allow, merely copy > the appropriate installation directories and files from the thumb drive to > the hard disk. Install the boot loader, and away you go. > > Okay, so who can tell me which bootloader is written into a thumb drive's > boot sector, when the Fedora LiveUSB Creator tool prepares a USB flash drive > using one of the installation iso images? The bootloader is called SYSLINUX: http://www.syslinux.org/ IThey include DOS binaries. Unfortunately, the copy of DOS included on the Windows 98 boot disk does not have a USB mass storage driver (or any sort of USB driver for that matter), though you might have some luck with this stuff: http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm That being said, the easiest solution IMHO is to plug its hard drive into a different machine and do the install there. --T.C. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
