Syslinux - Aug 2010 - Windows Recovery console FAILS to boot with Syslinux-4.02

Hello Sir,
 
Copid cmdcons and cmldr to O:(my usb drive) as follows
 
(1)
 Microsoft(R) Windows 98
   (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.
 
C:\WINDOWS>format o: /s
 
C:\WINDOWS>format o: /s
 
WARNING, ALL DATA ON DISK
DRIVE O: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?y
 
 
Checking existing disk format.
Formatting 967.98M
Format complete.
System transferred
 
Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?
 
1,014,726,656 bytes total disk space
      425,984 bytes used by system
1,014,300,672 bytes available on disk
 
       16,384 bytes in each allocation unit.
       61,908 allocation units available on disk.
 
Volume Serial Number is 404E-16F4
 
 
C:\WINDOWS>
 
C:\WINDOWS> mkdir o:\syslinux  
 
C:\WINDOWS> cd c:\unzipped\syslinux-4.02\dos
 
C:\Unzipped\syslinux-4.02\DOS> syslinux -d syslinux o:
 
C:\Unzipped\syslinux-4.02\DOS>
 
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(2)
Microsoft(R) Windows 98
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.
 
C:\WINDOWS>cd c:\
 
C:\>xcopy /e /h cmdcons o:\cmdcons\
...
 
 
TFFSPORT.SY_
TOSIDE.SY_
TXTSETUP.SIF
ULTRA.SY_
USBCCGP.SY_
USBD.SY_
USBHUB.SY_
USBOHCI.SY_
USBPORT.SY_
USBSTOR.SY_
USBUHCI.SY_
VGA.SY_
VGAOEM.FO_
VIAIDE.SY_
VIDEOPRT.SY_
WINNT.SIF
WMILIB.SY_
SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL
SYSTEM32\SMSS.EXE
179 File(s) copied
 
C:\>copy cmldr o:\
 
1 file(s) copied
 
C:\>
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(3)
However sorry to say Windows Recovery console does NOT boot with the
following entries in syslinux.cfg 
 
LABEL cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
COM32 chain.c32  fs cmldr=cmldr
  APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
 
What next?
 
Thanks in advance
with regards,
 
Prof S W Damle

On 8/19/2010 10:48 AM, Prof S W Damle wrote:
> Hello Sir,
>
> Copid cmdcons and cmldr to O:(my usb drive) as follows
>
> (1)
>   Microsoft(R) Windows 98
>     (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.
>
> C:\WINDOWS>format o: /s
>
> C:\WINDOWS>format o: /s
>
> WARNING, ALL DATA ON DISK
> DRIVE O: WILL BE LOST!
> Proceed with Format (Y/N)?y
>
>
> Checking existing disk format.
> Formatting 967.98M
> Format complete.
> System transferred
>
> Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?
>
> 1,014,726,656 bytes total disk space
>        425,984 bytes used by system
> 1,014,300,672 bytes available on disk
>
>         16,384 bytes in each allocation unit.
>         61,908 allocation units available on disk.
>
> Volume Serial Number is 404E-16F4
>
>
> C:\WINDOWS>
>
> C:\WINDOWS>  mkdir o:\syslinux
>
> C:\WINDOWS>  cd c:\unzipped\syslinux-4.02\dos
>
> C:\Unzipped\syslinux-4.02\DOS>  syslinux -d syslinux o:
>
> C:\Unzipped\syslinux-4.02\DOS>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> (2)
> Microsoft(R) Windows 98
> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.
>
> C:\WINDOWS>cd c:\
>
> C:\>xcopy /e /h cmdcons o:\cmdcons\
> ...
>
>
> TFFSPORT.SY_
> TOSIDE.SY_
> TXTSETUP.SIF
> ULTRA.SY_
> USBCCGP.SY_
> USBD.SY_
> USBHUB.SY_
> USBOHCI.SY_
> USBPORT.SY_
> USBSTOR.SY_
> USBUHCI.SY_
> VGA.SY_
> VGAOEM.FO_
> VIAIDE.SY_
> VIDEOPRT.SY_
> WINNT.SIF
> WMILIB.SY_
> SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL
> SYSTEM32\SMSS.EXE
> 179 File(s) copied
>
> C:\>copy cmldr o:\
>
> 1 file(s) copied
>
> C:\>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> (3)
> However sorry to say Windows Recovery console does NOT boot with the
> following entries in syslinux.cfg
>
> LABEL cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
> MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
> COM32 chain.c32  fs cmldr=cmldr
>    APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
>
> What next?
>
> Thanks in advance
> with regards,
>
> Prof S W Damle
You don't specifically mention that you copied chain.c32 to your 
syslinux install, and from my understanding (which may well be wrong) it 
isn't copied during the installation of the syslinux mbr.

You need to report more then 'it doesn't boot'. Thank you for
specifying
the procedure you used to get it installed, that is very helpful, Now we 
need to know what doesn't work?

What's the last output you see? does it look like its attempting to boot 
cmdcons? Does it show an error message? if so, what does it say?
does it just hang? does it reboot? Does syslinux even boot?

-Andrew

Hello Sir,
on Friday, August 20, 2010 12:12 AM Gert Hulselmans wrote
 
(1)
> You don't specifically mention that you copied chain.c32 to your 
> syslinux install, and from my understanding (which may well be wrong) 
> it isn't copied during the installation of the syslinux mbr.
>
Immediately after "C:\Unzipped\syslinux-4.02\DOS>  syslinux -d syslinux
o:" , Chain.c32, menu.c32, vesamenu.c32 and memdisk are copied to O:(my
usb drive)
 
(2)
AS per your suggestion corrected the entry as follows:
 
LABEL cmdcons
  MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
  COM32 chain.c32
  APPEND hd0,1 cmldr=/cmldr
 
(3)
the last output you see >I saw as follows:
 
loading the boot file ...
Boting ...
"-" cursor keeps on blincking  
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please ignore if out of place:
 
(i) the entery:
LABEL cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
 MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
 COM32 chain.c32  fs cmldr=cmldr
    APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
 
was made as per syslinux-4.02\Usage_chain.c32.:
 
Usage:   chain.c32 [options]
         
         chain.c32 fs [options]
Options: 
         cmldr=<loader>     Load Recovery Console of Windows
NT/2K/XP/2003
 
and was giving the same output
 
loading the boot file ...
Boting ...
"-" cursor keeps on blincking  
---------------------------------------------------------------------
What next please,
 Thanks in advance
 with regards,
 
 Prof S W Damle