Preparing the USB Flash Drive
■(parted): print
Displays the current settings for the new partition. Example output is shown below:
Model: Lexar, Inc. USBdisk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1031MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Minor | Start | End | Size | Type | Filesystem | Flags |
1 | 16.4kB | 931MB | 1031MB | primary | fat32 | boot, lba |
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■(parted): quit
Quits the parted utility.
5Navigate to the Syslinux mbr directory:
# cd path/mbr
Where path is the folder to which you extracted Syslinux.
6Locate the Syslinux master boot record filembr.bin in the mbr directory and write it to the disk using the following command:
# cat mbr.bin > /dev/sdX
Where X is the drive letter for the USB flash drive (for example, /dev/sda or /dev/sdb).
7Navigate to the Syslinux unix directory:
# cd path/unix
Where path is the folder to which you extracted Syslinux.
Note – For later versions of Syslinux, the unix directory might be replaced with a linux directory. If so, replace the unix directory name with linux.
8From the Syslinux unix directory, enter the following command:
# ./syslinux /dev/sdX1
Where X is the drive letter for the USB flash drive (for example, /dev/sda or /dev/sdb), and 1 indicates the first partition.
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