Larry
2009-Mar-12 06:07 UTC
[syslinux] Problems booting msdos with memdisk + syslinux on hp laptops
I have many hp laptops that boot msdos with memdisk + pxelinux perfectly. However, I recently have the need to usb boot msdos with syslinux. And memdisk. When the dos Image loads I get "loading bootsector..." and then it halts. Sometimes I can get "starting ms-dos" but freezes as well. I'm trying to boot clean msdos floppy image created with winimage. I'm using the latest 3.73 memdisk and syslinux. Any suggestions? Sent from IP
Miller, Shao
2009-Mar-27 13:05 UTC
[syslinux] Problems booting msdos with memdisk + syslinux on hplaptops
Good day Larry, I've seen HPs with problems booting floppy disk images with memdisk before, but the problems were with "superfloppy" images; non-standard floppy image sizes. You might be interested in trying the memdisk options described in section d) of syslinux/doc/memdisk.txt. Also, if you are using WinImage, be careful that you didn't manipulate the image in such a way as to wreck it (such as changing the boot-sector or changing the floppy size). A good thing to try out if it's not booting, is to use a normal DOS boot floppy image with the SYS.COM command on it, use a Virtual Machine to boot it with your as-is custom floppy image as the second floppy disk, then run the SYS.COM command to "transfer the system" to your custom floppy. For example, your QEmu command-line might look like this: qemu -fda dos.vfd -fdb myimage.vfd -boot a Another test is to see if the floppy image boots non-HP computers. I hope this helps! - Shao Miller -----Original Message----- From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of Larry Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 02:08 To: syslinux at zytor.com Subject: [syslinux] Problems booting msdos with memdisk + syslinux on hplaptops I have many hp laptops that boot msdos with memdisk + pxelinux perfectly. However, I recently have the need to usb boot msdos with syslinux. And memdisk. When the dos Image loads I get "loading bootsector..." and then it halts. Sometimes I can get "starting ms-dos" but freezes as well. I'm trying to boot clean msdos floppy image created with winimage. I'm using the latest 3.73 memdisk and syslinux. Any suggestions? Sent from IP _______________________________________________ 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.