Syslinux - Jun 2007 - syslinux-3.36 Physical Floppy Disk Access Problem

Hello,

I am using the pxelinux.0 and memdisk files from distribution syslinux-3.36.

I am no longer able to access the real floppy disk drive B: instead I just 
get a mirrored copy of the emulated floppy disk A:

The default config file is as follows

label 1
	kernel memdisk
	append initrd=kd202.img


I was previously using the sysliunx-3.20 distribution which gave me access 
to the real floppy disk drive using drive B: with Emulated Floppy Disk as 
Drive A:.

Do I need to add any additional switches to the append line to enable the 
latest version to enable me to access the real floppy disk drive?

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Desmond Boyd wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using the pxelinux.0 and memdisk files from distribution
syslinux-3.36.
> 
> I am no longer able to access the real floppy disk drive B: instead I just 
> get a mirrored copy of the emulated floppy disk A:
> 
> The default config file is as follows
> 
> label 1
> 	kernel memdisk
> 	append initrd=kd202.img
> 
> 
> I was previously using the sysliunx-3.20 distribution which gave me access 
> to the real floppy disk drive using drive B: with Emulated Floppy Disk as 
> Drive A:.
> 
> Do I need to add any additional switches to the append line to enable the 
> latest version to enable me to access the real floppy disk drive?
> 
That should still work.  I don't know why it would be broken for you now.

Please try the intervening versions, including prereleases, so we can
figure out where it broke.

	-hpa

As requested, I have tested the distributions listed below to try to isolate 
when physical disk drive access for me was lost, results are as follows:

Physical Disk Drive B: OK with Virtual Disk Drive as A:
3.20
3.30
3.31
3.32 Pre1

Physical Disk Drive B: Not Present only Virtual Disks A: and B:
3.35
3.35 Pre1
3.35 Pre2
3.35 Pre3
3.35 Pre4
3.35 Pre5
3.36
3.50

It seems to be a problem with memdisk as I also tested each memdisk version 
with the latest pxelinux.0, so currently I have in the tftpdroot:

Pxelinux.0 Version 3.50
memdisk Version 3.32

This combination gives me access to the phyical floppy disk b:
>
>Hello,
>
>I am using the pxelinux.0 and memdisk files from distribution 
>syslinux-3.36.
>
>I am no longer able to access the real floppy disk drive B: instead I just
>get a mirrored copy of the emulated floppy disk A:
>
>The default config file is as follows
>
>label 1
>	kernel memdisk
>	append initrd=kd202.img
>
>
>I was previously using the sysliunx-3.20 distribution which gave me access
>to the real floppy disk drive using drive B: with Emulated Floppy Disk as
>Drive A:.
>
>Do I need to add any additional switches to the append line to enable the
>latest version to access the real floppy disk drive?
>
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