Syslinux - Apr 2002 - syslinux 1.67 - have to use '-s' on my Dell CPiA 366

Hi. I need to use '-s' with syslinux, in order to make it work on my
Dell CpiA 366 laptop *when I use 1722kB floppies*.

Plain 1440kB floppies work w/o '-s'.

1722kB images work well with bochs without the use of '-s'.
http://bochs.sf.net/

Thanks,

Dag B



http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php

"The -s option, if given, will install a "safe, slow and stupid"
version
of SYSLINUX. This version may work on some very buggy BIOSes on which 
SYSLINUX would otherwise fail. If you find a machine on which the -s option 
is required to make it boot reliably, please send as much info about your
machine as you can, and include the failure mode."

On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 12:43:09PM +0200, Dag Bakke
wrote:
> Hi. I need to use '-s' with syslinux, in order to make it work on
my
> Dell CpiA 366 laptop *when I use 1722kB floppies*.
Failure mode is:
"Invalid compressed format (err=2)" when decompressing the kernel.

> Plain 1440kB floppies work w/o '-s'.
I have a recent bios for this laptop. (rev. 15)

> 1722kB images work well with bochs without the use of '-s'.
> http://bochs.sf.net/
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dag B