[ILUG] bootable vfat from linux ?

[Paul Reilly]

> while. What you should do is use dd to make an image of the whole
> partition. At least part of the problem is that tar doesn't preserve all
> the fat filesystem's file attributes. So you'd do
>

Oh right - didn't think of that.
I'll try the dd of the complete partition.
Though will that work if the 2nd system has a different geometry
disk to the first? We'll soon see.

> I've a sneaking suspicion that I may be missing somehing there WRT
> booting and the MBR but this is certainly going to be a lot closer than
> what you previously had.
>
OK - thanks.

Paul