On 23 November 2010 23:52, Gene Cumm <gene.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 14:48, Gyorgy Jeney <nog.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> But then I noticed that I wasn't following the (debian) instructions >> properly and I was writing the image to /dev/sde, instead of >> /dev/sde1. As soon as a partition was created, an appropriate MBR >> installed, the image in question worked on the Sony. >> >> Is such partition-less configurations supported? > > Floppies do it all the time but they also make the file system across > the entire device and not just a partition. > > Strange, I would have expected an error from the installer about no file > system.
Do you mind my asking, what installer? The thing that installs syslinux on the USB key? I guess that didn't complain because during testing I did: mkdosfs -I /dev/sde ./linux/syslinux /dev/sde I guess that means there was a filesystem there. nog. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
