Syslinux - Sep 2004 - bootable floppy image question

Hello,
I'd be very grateful if someone can help me with the process of creating 
bootable floppy images to be used with isolinux/memdisk.

I usually do the following:

label image
 	kernel memdisk
 	append initrd=/bootdisk/image.img floppy

(lines in isolinux.cfg file)

Sometimes I pass memdisk the c/h/s parameters, depending on the image 
size. I have learned from this mailing list how to create different, 
non-standard sized images. Everything works fine while I use the floppy 
images created with rawwrite or dd directly off a floppy, and then 
eventually resized with mkdosfs. But I've come to the point where I can 
find no solution.
To be specific, I would like to use windows xp pe bootable cd like an 
image. Anyway, it doesn't neccessarily have to be winxp pe, it could, for 
example, be any live linux cd (movix, knoppix mame...). I just want to 
know how to create (or use already created) *.iso image that will work 
with memdisk's multiple choices.

Best regards,

--
Ante Lazarusic

Memdisk can only emulate floppy disks and hard disks, not CDROM drives.
Your only solution is to unpack all the iso's and create one iso from it.

- Murali

Ante Lazarusic wrote:
> Hello,
> I'd be very grateful if someone can help me with the process of
creating
> bootable floppy images to be used with isolinux/memdisk.
> 
> I usually do the following:
> 
> label image
>     kernel memdisk
>     append initrd=/bootdisk/image.img floppy
> 
> (lines in isolinux.cfg file)
> 
> Sometimes I pass memdisk the c/h/s parameters, depending on the image 
> size. I have learned from this mailing list how to create different, 
> non-standard sized images. Everything works fine while I use the floppy 
> images created with rawwrite or dd directly off a floppy, and then 
> eventually resized with mkdosfs. But I've come to the point where I can
> find no solution.
> To be specific, I would like to use windows xp pe bootable cd like an 
> image. Anyway, it doesn't neccessarily have to be winxp pe, it could, 
> for example, be any live linux cd (movix, knoppix mame...). I just want 
> to know how to create (or use already created) *.iso image that will 
> work with memdisk's multiple choices.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> -- 
> Ante Lazarusic
> 
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