anyboot image doesn't boot on USB-ZIP boot type

[roytam1]

It shows "bad superblock" and freeze. If I use GRUB4DOS to map (fd0) (which is the boot device when it boots with USB-ZIP mode) to (hd0) by "map (fd0) (hd0)<Enter> map --hook" and trying to boot from (hd0,0) by issuing "chainloader (hd0,0)+1" command, the computer reboots without showing any message.

and it reboots also when booting from plop boot manager USB boot.

[diver]

Regarding Plop Boot Manager - it was reported that it blocks keyboard from working in Haiku (at least it was impossible to enter get to the bootloader menu).

[pulkomandy]

I don't think we plan to support USB-ZIP boot. Why are you using that, is there an actual need for it or just testing?

[roytam1]

Because I have some machines that is not bootable with USB-HDD format (BIOS will skip such devices)

[pulkomandy]

Ok, that's fine. I'm changing the ticket to "enhancement" since it was never announced that we would support this.

You may try to build a boot image manually using mkdiskimage from linux: ​http://www.pendrivelinux.com/booting-linux-from-usb-zip-on-older-systems/

Then copying our raw partition to it and running makebootable on it. I don't know if this is enough to get usb-zip working, or if more tricks are needed.

An alternative is booting from a CD, or using a boot manager with USB support such as plop (​http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html) to boot Haiku from USB.