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I was trying to install openSUSE 11.2 64 bits from the second partition of my 8GB USB pendrive.

Why? I want a dual data / emergency install pendrive without mixing my data with the install system.

As most people use MS Windows, and it's only able to mount the first partition of USB removable drives (without installing an alternative USB disk driver), I need the first partition to be the data partition for normal pendrive use.

Ok, I must say I've accomplished this with Ubuntu before without major problems.

Well, as of now, I've copied the ISO image contents to that second partition, installed Grub4DOS in the MBR with its corresponding custom menu.lst file, and made bootable the second partition.

When booting my system from the pendrive, the kernel was loaded without problems, but the boot process stopped with a message indicating that there was no device with MBRID = 0x8c71ad6e.

Ok, I ran fdisk from Linux and diskpart from Windows, and find the MBRID for my PenDrive is 0xed196ecb.

I've modified the /boot/grub/mbrid file with the actual pendrive MBRID, but the system refuses to boot with the same error (and with the correct MBRID).

Is it possible that the install system is only able (is hardcoded) to boot only from the first partition?

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