MBR on USB drive?

[FiZZ]

I have PLoP installed on an old laptop hdd with Win2k.  When I boot OpenSUSE11.2 LXDE from USB flash (1.1) I get:

"No Device Matches MBR Identifier  0xa0c75c4b"

[Elmar]

have you tested to boot it on a pc with bios usb support?

regards
elmar

[FiZZ]

You were right, it wouldn't boot on a bios supported laptop either.  I tried re-imaging the flash-drive again and got the same error.  Guess I can't use openSUSE?  Strange.  No problems w/ other distros.

OT, you might want to clarify what the Windows boot menu is in your instructions.  I'm sure many people have never seen nor know how to access it (is it always F8?).

Thanks for a very useful utility

[Icecube]

I am not sure, if it will help, but you can try to change the MBR Identifier of the USB stick.

Replace /dev/sdX with the correct drive and execute fdisk with root rights:

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fdisk /dev/sdX
Press 'x' for expert mode.
Press 'i' to change the MBR Identifier.
Change the ID to "0xa0c75c4b"
Press 'w' to write the changes.

Did you copy a working OpenSUSE installation to your USB (from your hard drive)?