https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677246 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677246#c0 Summary: kiwi: make usbboot more windows friendly Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE.org Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: ASSIGNED Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: System Imaging AssignedTo: ms@novell.com ReportedBy: ms@novell.com QAContact: adrian@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Anyway here is what I've tried so far. As a test I took the drive and using the Windows format to make a fat partition. Windows of course sees it just fine. Linux does also. I then started Yast (parted) partitioning software and removed all partitions on this 1gb drive. The drive itself is sdf. I made sdf1 be the Fat partition and sdf2 to be the linux partion. I "dd" the iso to the sdf2. I tried booting from it...no go. I stuck it in a Win machine. The fat partition was available. I then reversed the partitions. So sdf1 was the iso and sdf2 was the fat partition. It boots fine but when I put it in a Win machine it wants to format the drive!! I'm going to SNAP! I tried also to change the hex digit in the string on the drive itself...no go. This has to be done in Windows with some software that Matt pointed out. I also tried changing the driver in Windows for this USB drive. This didn't work either however I need to try it again as I think I missed a critical step. So it appears that you can't boot off a USB drive it the boot sector is anything but partition 1 and Windows won't see the USB drive if it's anything but partition 1!! Honestly modifying the USB to be a internal drive is an option but so far as I expected nothing is working. Windows is pretty stupid when It comes to removable media that's for sure. ========== Allow a fat data partition to be created as first partition on the stick and let the system reside on partition n+1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.