Preparing the USB Flash Drive

Caution – Be sure to confirm and make a note of the device name of the USB flash drive (A:, B:, etc.). The instructions listed here require you to delete existing partition(s) on the USB flash disk. Making a mistake in identifying the device might cause you to erase a hard disk.

4Right-click on the flashdisk icon in the list of hard disk drives, and then click Format.

The format dialog box will be displayed.

5From the File system drop-down menu, select FAT32 and enter a descriptive volume label (such as“SIA FlashDisk”).

6Click the Start button.

The flash disk is formatted.

7After the formatting has completed, click the Close button.

The Format dialog box closes.

8Click the Start button from the Windows taskbar, and then click Run.

The Run dialog box is displayed.

9Run the syslinux executable using the -maoption to make the drive bootable by entering the following command:

path\syslinux\win32\syslinux.exe -ma X:

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Sun Microsystems X4640 manual After the formatting has completed, click the Close button