Hi there, I saw the same behaviour on two systems over at my work. I suspect they will only boot if partitions are found on the stick, otherwise nogo. One system is a somewhat older mainboard, the other one is a 'brand' new one. I think this is it: http://www.gadgetgarden.nl/2009/04/shuttle-alles-in-een-touchscreen-pc/ I'm under the impression it would be wise to create USB sticks formatted in the way most systems can boot them. Apparantly that's with a partition table. Bye! Rudolf. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:07 AM, PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There is makebootabletiny.c under linux to make a partition bootable, > too. So you shouldn't have to do it by hand, usually. Just compile the > small c program and run it. > Anyway, BIOS looking for a partition table is wrong. You should report > it to the motherboard manufacturer :) > > -- > Adrien. > >