[GRLUG] Cloning FAT32 secret?

[L. V. Lammert]

At 01:19 PM 7/16/2010, you wrote:

>A partition is flagged as "bootable" in the partition table (which
>controls your whole disk), not the filesystem (which only occupies a
>single partition). It has little to do with the filesystem's actual
>contents.

Confirmed - set the bootable flag on every test.

>What you'll need to do is use fdisk or similar to set the bootable
>flag. Depending on the OS that sits on the partition, you may need to
>put the original boot sector in the first sector on the disk, not just
>the first sector on the partition. Otherwise, you'll need to use some
>kind of chained bootloader. GRUB, LILO and NTLDR can all do that part.

Now *THAT* might be related to the problem, as I know that older 
Windoze systems did some funky stuff with the MBR.

         Thanks!

         Lee 


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