[Cialug] USB flash drive not bootable

Scott Burklund wdmtrader at gmail.com
Wed Jul 30 15:23:44 CDT 2014


I have a Sandisk Cruzer Fit, 16 GB flash drive that recently I was able to
boot a Linux distro from.  I tried making it a multi boot drive using
xbootvs1.0beta14, YUMI-2.0.0.5, and Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.3.  It
appears to work each time, but when I try booting I get "missing operating
system" error.  Using the same programs and computer but a different flash
drive the process is successful and I can boot it on several different
laptops.

I have tried formatting it many times with Windows and Linux, both quick
and complete formats.  It is formatted Fat32.  I can read/write files to it
each time.

I suspect I have a corrupted MBR or partition table.  However, I am at the
edge of my knowledge on the subject.  How can I fix this so I can use it as
a multi-boot drive?  I have access to both Win 7 and Linux computers.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Scott Burklund


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