Package: syslinux Version: 2:4.02+dfsg-3 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream syslinux for Windows provides the options -m (write an MBR) and -a (make partition active). These options make it easy to provide instructions for Windows users to make a bootable USB drive: just run "syslinux -m -a" on the drive, then drop some files on the drive including a syslinux.cfg. However, those same instructions won't work on Linux, because syslinux for Linux doesn't provide the -m or -a options. As a result, instructions for making bootable USB drives need to have extra steps for Linux users, to write an MBR and to make sure the partition has the bootable flag set.
Please consider adding support for the -m and -a options. (Also, if they don't already, please consider making the -m and -a options check for a valid partition table first to avoid mangling "superfloppy" partitionless USB drives.) Thanks, Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages syslinux depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii syslinux-common 2:4.02+dfsg-3 collection of boot loaders (common syslinux recommends no packages. Versions of packages syslinux suggests: ii dosfstools 3.0.9-1 utilities for making and checking ii mtools 4.0.12-1 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
