livcecd-iso-to-disk: USB key do not boot (BIOS setup is fine)

[Bruno Costacurta]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Bruno Costacurta wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to build a USB bootable key with file 
>> 'Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso'
>>
>> Command is :
>> sudo livecd-iso-to disk Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso /dev/sdd1
>>
>> which runs fine, boot loader included, and reports that USB key is 
>> ready for use ... however the key is not ignored during boot (the 
>> sequence continue correctly with following drive in the BIOS boot 
>> order).
>>
>> I'm using an Asus eee pc (model 900) which is correctly configured to 
>> boot via USB key as I tried it with a Debian bootable USB key which 
>> boots fine.
>> I also tried another .iso, (precisely the EEdora dedicated to Asus 
>> eee) but got same problem.
>>
>> ---
>> fdisk -l /dev/sdd
>>
>> Disk /dev/sdd: 1030 MB, 1030750208 bytes
>> 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1014 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes
>> Disk identifier: 0xb0bcd68e
>>
>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sdd1   *           1        1014     1005857    6  FAT16
>> ---
>>
>> which looks correct.
>> So opparently the problem come from livecd command whatever final 
>> report OK.
>> Is there some knwon problem with livecd-iso-to-disk ? I'm using 
>> Fedora-9.
>> Or can I build a USB key using another as a workaround  ?
>>
>> Many thanks for attention and any clue.
>>
>> Bye,
>> Bruno
>>
>>
> You may have to run "syslinux -s /dev/sdd1". I forget where I found 
> it, but with the version of syslinux included in F8, and probably F9, 
> needs this before the USB key is recognized as a boot device. The 
> latest version is susposed to handle this automatically, but it has 
> not make it to F8 yet.
>
> Mikkel
'syslinux -s /dev/sdd1' (which runs fine) unfortunately seems not to 
resolve the problem : the USB key remains non-bootable... :-(
Bye,
Bruno