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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2009-11-06 04:52:03 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2009-11-06 04:52:03 +0000
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x86 usb-boot: two improvements suggested by Timo Juhani Lindfors
- hd-media and netboot use different names for kernel binary: the first uses 'vmlinuz', the second 'linux' - when repartitioning the stick, don't forget to set bootable flag
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diff --git a/en/install-methods/usb-setup/x86.xml b/en/install-methods/usb-setup/x86.xml
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+++ b/en/install-methods/usb-setup/x86.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ instead of the entire device.
Since most USB sticks come pre-configured with a single FAT16
partition, you probably won't have to repartition or reformat the
stick. If you have to do that anyway, use <command>cfdisk</command>
-or any other partitioning tool to create a FAT16 partition, and then
-create the filesystem using:
+or any other partitioning tool to create a FAT16 partition<footnote>
+
+<para>
+Don't forget to set the <quote>bootable</quote> bootable flag.
+</para>
+
+</footnote>, and then create the filesystem using:
<informalexample><screen>
# mkdosfs /dev/<replaceable>sdX1</replaceable>
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ and copy the following installer image files to the stick:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
-<filename>vmlinuz</filename> (kernel binary)
+<filename>vmlinuz</filename> or <filename>linux</filename> (kernel binary)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
@@ -81,7 +86,9 @@ subdirectory. If you want to rename the files, please note that
</para><para>
Next you should create a <filename>syslinux.cfg</filename> configuration
-file, which at a bare minimum should contain the following two lines:
+file, which at a bare minimum should contain the following two lines (change
+the name of the kernel binary to <quote><filename>linux</filename></quote>
+if you used a <filename>neboot</filename> image):
<informalexample><screen>
default vmlinuz