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Re: Using bootxx_fat16




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Subject: Re: Using bootxx_fat16

From: Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:34:55 +0200


On Fri, 04 Jan 2008, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> I took a pen drive, formatted it under Windows to ensure it had a clean FAT 
> (not FAT32) filesystem, then copied /boot and a kernel to the filesystem.
> [...]
> I set the first partition as active. bootxx_fat16 is doing its magic 
> loading /boot. However, once in the boot loader, I can't find a working 
> path to the kernel.

I had a similar problem, which went away when I added a disklabel
(in the space between the MBR and the start of the FAT partition).

--apb (Alan Barrett)



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