[Sugar-devel] Unbootable machine

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 07:36:05AM -0400, Luke Faraone wrote:
>On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 07:25, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>
>> makebootfat not only formats with disk geometry that *is* right, but 
>> also use a handcrafted MBR which has a higher chance of *looking* 
>> right by various BIOSes - both when looking for USB-FDD, USB-ZIP and 
>> USB-HDD.
>
>Now, by *right*, do we mean not only that but also something that meets the
>criteria of
>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device#How_to_win(without
>the problems caused by
>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device#Screwed-up_formatting
>)?
>
>
>I'm not too familiar with how USB flash works, so I don't know if USB-{FDD,
>ZIP, HDD} layouts are compatible with the layout you'd want to minimize
>wear.

Please read the following: 
http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-makebootfat.html#7

If you, after reading above, still feel that your questions are relevant 
(hint: I don't), then please elaborate on them.


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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