[mythtv-users] Zotac ZBOX ID86 unable to boot from SD card

[Don Wooton]

I have found that the geometry of the SD matters much more to the
BIOS than it does to Linux.  You may have to adjust the expert
mode values in fdisk or try -c=dos    The man page for fdisk
discusses this.

    - Don

On Dec 31, Brian S propounded certain bytes, to wit:
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Zotac ZBOX ID86 unable to boot from SD card
>
> Greetings all, I'm attempting to set up a ZBOX ID86 as a FE-only machine
> using an 8gb SD card in lieu of an HDD. I have seen a few older posts on the
> list indicating this does seem to be a workable setup for other ZBOX
> machines.
> 
> I think the problem I'm having is the BIOS doesn't detect the SD card. I can
> plug a thumb drive w/live cd environment (e.g. created w/unetbootin) into
> one of the USB ports and am able to install mythtv onto the SD card (so the
> system can clearly find the SD card), however upon reboot the system does
> not detect an OS. Have tried fiddling with the lock on the SD card as well
> as simply loading the live CD bootdisk onto the SD card, and no luck.
> 
> I have put the SD card into other machines with card readers, and they will
> use the SD card as a boot device. Anyone have a similar experience w/a Zotac
> machine or any ideas?
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>-- End of excerpt from Brian S'