My question is the following: I need to "syslinux" a harddisk(partition-type is FAT16, size is about 100mb). I created a Dos-Bootdisk with WindowsXP and removed everything except command.com, io.sys and msdos.sys. Then I copied syslinux.com (and even ldlinux.sys) to the disk but nothing seems to help, I always get the "SYSLINUX: Cannot read ldlinux.sys"-error. Should I use something like DR-DOS or FreeDOS? Any hints, tricks or guides on how to fix this error? Thanks in advance... Kind regards, Max.
ganapathy murali krishnan
2005-May-07 18:10 UTC
[syslinux] SYSLINUX: Cannot read ldlinux.sys
After you get the error, try doing a "dir /ah" at the DOS prompt. If you see a ldlinux.sys with 0 bytes, then it is exactly the same issue I had. I used FreeDOS. I couldn't find a solution so I moved to ISOLINUX. In you case, you probably dont have that option. - Murali Max Liebkies wrote:> My question is the following: > > I need to "syslinux" a harddisk(partition-type is FAT16, size is about > 100mb). I created a Dos-Bootdisk with WindowsXP and removed everything > except command.com, io.sys and msdos.sys. Then I copied syslinux.com > (and even ldlinux.sys) to the disk but nothing seems to help, I always > get the "SYSLINUX: Cannot read ldlinux.sys"-error. Should I use > something like DR-DOS or FreeDOS? > > Any hints, tricks or guides on how to fix this error? > > Thanks in advance... > > Kind regards, Max. > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >