I have been using memdisk (version 3.82) with no problem. I use it to boot my x86 computer with a compressed image I created/modified from an original DOS floppy bootable diskette. The original size of the image is 2.44 MB. I tried memdisk (version 3.83) and the bootable image gets uncompressed, bu the computer locks up and the las two lines in my screen are: Loading Boot Sector... Booting... Starting MSDOS... If I copy memdisk (from 3.82) on my current syslinux (3.83), obviously I previously renamed memdisk (8,38) as memdisk.old, then the computer boots normal. my computer has 1GB ram, I am booting from a USB flash drive (8GB) and it has an intel pentium III processor. Thanks
On 10/09/2009 08:52 PM, Antonio Arce wrote:> > If I copy memdisk (from 3.82) on my current syslinux (3.83), obviously I > previously renamed memdisk (8,38) as memdisk.old, then the computer > boots normal. > my computer has 1GB ram, I am booting from a USB flash drive (8GB) and > it has an intel pentium III processor. > Thanks >Care to give any actually useful technical details, such as the vendor, motherboard, BIOS version/vendor/identifying details, what kind and version of DOS you're trying to boot, etc.? A dump of "dmidecode" from Linux would be best. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
Antonio Arce wrote:> > The original size of the image is 2.44 MB >Do you really mean that? I know of 1.44 and 2.88 MB floppies. There are non-standard sizes available, but wanted to verify this with you, in case it's relevant. Also, please note H. Peter's request for more relevant details on November 6th, 2009. In case you are not subscribed to this list somehow, you might have missed it. - Shao Miller