Hi! I've got a USB key with several tools (small linux, memtest86+) booting via syslinux. But now I have to add powermax.exe (a MSDOS tool to test Maxtor disks) on this key. As I've always been on Unix/Linux system, I don't know what to do to run powermax.exe from syslinux. I've made a boot floppy disk and tried to copy everything on my usb key and put the command.com in kernel field but all I have was "COMBOOT image too large". Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance, Vanessa. -- Vanessa Conchodon SMIE 7 rue de la Chapelle 93160 Noisy le Grand France Tel: 01 55 85 90 40, poste 160
Have you considered using smartctl to read the S.M.A.R.T bits off the disk to see the drive status? On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:24:44PM +0200, Vanessa Conchodon wrote:> Hi! > > I've got a USB key with several tools (small linux, memtest86+) > booting via syslinux. > But now I have to add powermax.exe (a MSDOS tool to test Maxtor > disks) on this key. > As I've always been on Unix/Linux system, I don't know what > to do to run powermax.exe from syslinux. > I've made a boot floppy disk and tried to copy everything > on my usb key and put the command.com in kernel field but > all I have was "COMBOOT image too large". > Can anyone help me? > > Thanks in advance, > Vanessa. > -- > Vanessa Conchodon > SMIE > 7 rue de la Chapelle > 93160 Noisy le Grand > France > Tel: 01 55 85 90 40, poste 160 > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
>Hi! > >I've got a USB key with several tools (small linux, memtest86+) >booting via syslinux. >But now I have to add powermax.exe (a MSDOS tool to test Maxtor >disks) on this key. >As I've always been on Unix/Linux system, I don't know what >to do to run powermax.exe from syslinux. >I've made a boot floppy disk and tried to copy everything >on my usb key and put the command.com in kernel field but >all I have was "COMBOOT image too large". >Can anyone help me?I guess when powermax.exe is extracted and run from Windows, it offers to create a bootable floppy. You can use memdisk to boot the floppy image. dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.img label powermax kernel memdisk append initrd=floppy.img
robotti at godmail.com wrote:> You can use memdisk to boot the floppy image. > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.img > label powermax > kernel memdisk > append initrd=floppy.imgThanks a lot, it works fine :o) Vanessa. -- Vanessa Conchodon SMIE 7 rue de la Chapelle 93160 Noisy le Grand France Tel: 01 55 85 90 40, poste 160
Vanessa Conchodon wrote:> Hi! > > My machine is based on an VIA card with a nehemiah 666Hz. > Not an IBM one, unfortunately for you. > If you need other details, don't hesitate to ask me. > > Btw, if you have made lots of experiments, you have perhaps > the answer to one of my trouble. > It seems that USB keys are not all identical: I have 2 > different USB keys which are both bootable. I can boot one > key on one machine and the other key on another machine > (different from the first one, even if it's also a VIA proc > in it). But I can't swap the keys: machines don't recognize > the other keys. Even reformating the keys does'nt help. > And the BIOS is the same, except the version I'm not sure of. > As I need to specify an USB key to buy, if you have an > idea about why an USB key doesn't boot on a machine but do > on another, I would be grateful ;o) > > Regards, > Vanessa. > > > Quinn wrote: > >> Hello Vanessa, >> >> You seem to be able to get a dos image to boot via memdisk via >> syslinux via a usb key. I am curious, what machine are >> you booting this configuration from? I did a lot of experiments with >> this type of config and found out that it works on most machines >> except IBM (probable memdisk bug, but unable to prove it). >> >> Quinn >> >> >> Vanessa Conchodon wrote: >>Booting works fine for me on all machines that are able to boot usb storage devices. I booted the machine with dos on a floppy and used the bios to help me get access to the key and then use "fdisk", "format c: /s" to make it bootable. Then used windows and made it syslinux bootable with "syslinux d:". It otherwise works fine with the exception of memdisk on IBM machines. Quinn