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Prof S W Damle

2010-Aug-30 04:33 UTC

[syslinux] memdisk operations FAIL to boot with Syslinux-4.02

Hello all
 
I have installed "syslinux" as follows:
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-4.02DOS>
Following is my syslinux.cfg:
 
# DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
 default vesamenu.c32 ~
#PROMPT 0
#TIMEOUT 100
#ONTIMEOUT com32/menu.c32 ~
 
MENU BACKGROUND biohzd.png
MENU TITLE Bootable Menu
 
#MENU COLOR element ansi foreground background shadow
# see chart below
 
#"foreground" and "background" are color codes in #AARRGGBB
#     notation, where AA RR GG BB are hexadecimal digits for alpha
#     (opacity), red, green and blue, respectively.  #00000000
#     represents fully transparent, and #ffffffff represents opaque
#     white.
#
#If any field is set to "*" or omitted (at the end of the line)
#     then that field is left unchanged.
      
#          element      ANSI        foreground background shadow 
#                                   #AARRGGBB #AARRGGBB none, std, all,
or rev
menu color screen       37;40       #ffffffff #00000000 none
menu color border       30;40       #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color title        1;36;40     #c00090f0 #00000000 none
menu color unsel        37;40       #90ffffff #00000000 none
menu color hotkey       1;37;40     #ffffffff #00000000 none
menu color sel                30;47       #ff00ff00 #00000000 none
menu color hotsel       1;7;30;47   #ffffffff #20ff8000 none
menu color scrollbar    30;40       #40000000 #00000000 none
menu color tabmsg       31;40       #90ffff00 #00000000 none
menu color cmdmark      1;36;40     #c000ffff #00000000 none
menu color cmdline          37;40       #c0ffffff #00000000 none
menu color pwdborder      30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none
menu color pwdheader      31;47       #80ff8080 #20ffffff none
menu color pwdentry         30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none
menu color timeout_msg  37;40       #80ffffff #00000000 none
menu color timeout          1;37;40     #c0ffffff #00000000 none
# menu color help       37;40       #c0ffffff #00000000 none #
Original>(black), whitemenu color help         36;40     #c000ffff #00000000 none  #
Modified>(black), cyan#menu color help         30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none 
#Modified>(brown), whitemenu color msg07        37;40       #90ffffff #00000000 none
 
#
# Size of stuff
#
MENU WIDTH 80
MENU MARGIN 10
MENU PASSWORDMARGIN 3
MENU ROWS 15
MENU TABMSGROW 18
MENU CMDLINEROW 18
MENU ENDROW 24
MENU PASSWORDROW 11
MENU TIMEOUTROW 20
MENU HELPMSGROW 22
MENU HELPMSGENDROW -1
MENU HIDDENROW -2
MENU HSHIFT 0
MENU VSHIFT 0
 
#
# main entries
#
 
 ##  menu label ^0. xxxx  -->This IS displayed
 
 
 # Following IS Recomended:>boots MBR  
   label local-boot

menu default

menu label ^0. Boot local hard disk

kernel chain.c32
append hd0 0
# verified boots mbr
 
# this ALSO boots MBR:
# LABEL  local              
#        MENU DEFAULT
#        LOCALBOOT 0x80
 #       APPEND -
 
# this  boots WinXP/Win98/Win2000
label Boot Hard Disk
  menu default
  menu label ^1. Boot WinXP/Win98/Win2000
  kernel chain.c32
  append hd0 1           
# verified  boots WinXP/Win98/Win2000
 
 
LABEL cmdcons 
MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
COM32 chain.c32  fs cmldr=cmldr
  APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
 
LABEL grub4dos
MENU LABEL ^3.grub4dos    
COM32 chain.c32  fs grldr=/grldr/grldr
  APPEND file=/grldr/grldr
# grub.exe & menu.lst on the device loads GUI
# takes @ 1Min to load and then boots
#verified boots grub4dos
 
 
LABEL nu2-2
MENU LABEL ^2. INSERT\partimage -->Tool to get LinuxPartition_UsbDrv Img

 kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
  append initrd=/DiskImages/BtInsUSB.img                
 
LABEL nu2-4
MENU LABEL ^4. Partition Magic8  -->Universal partition manager
 kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
  append initrd=/DiskImages/Pm8.img
 
LABEL nu2-5
MENU LABEL ^5. Plpbt. 
KERNEL /ISOimages/memdisk
INITRD /ISOimages/Plpbt.iso
APPEND iso   
 
Thanks in advance
 
Prof S W Damle

Gert Hulselmans

2010-Aug-30 08:13 UTC

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Prof S W Damle wrote:> Hello all
>
> I have installed "syslinux" as follows:
> 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-4.02DOS>
> Following is my syslinux.cfg:
>
> # DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
>  default vesamenu.c32 ~
> #PROMPT 0
> #TIMEOUT 100
> #ONTIMEOUT com32/menu.c32 ~
>
> MENU BACKGROUND biohzd.png
> MENU TITLE Bootable Menu
>
> #MENU COLOR element ansi foreground background shadow
> # see chart below
>
> #"foreground" and "background" are color codes in
#AARRGGBB
> #     notation, where AA RR GG BB are hexadecimal digits for alpha
> #     (opacity), red, green and blue, respectively.  #00000000
> #     represents fully transparent, and #ffffffff represents opaque
> #     white.
> #
> #If any field is set to "*" or omitted (at the end of the line)
> #     then that field is left unchanged.
>
> #          element      ANSI        foreground background shadow
> #                                   #AARRGGBB #AARRGGBB none, std, all,
> or rev
> menu color screen       37;40       #ffffffff #00000000 none
> menu color border       30;40       #00000000 #00000000 none
> menu color title        1;36;40     #c00090f0 #00000000 none
> menu color unsel        37;40       #90ffffff #00000000 none
> menu color hotkey       1;37;40     #ffffffff #00000000 none
> menu color sel                30;47       #ff00ff00 #00000000 none
> menu color hotsel       1;7;30;47   #ffffffff #20ff8000 none
> menu color scrollbar    30;40       #40000000 #00000000 none
> menu color tabmsg       31;40       #90ffff00 #00000000 none
> menu color cmdmark      1;36;40     #c000ffff #00000000 none
> menu color cmdline          37;40       #c0ffffff #00000000 none
> menu color pwdborder      30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none
> menu color pwdheader      31;47       #80ff8080 #20ffffff none
> menu color pwdentry         30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none
> menu color timeout_msg  37;40       #80ffffff #00000000 none
> menu color timeout          1;37;40     #c0ffffff #00000000 none
> # menu color help       37;40       #c0ffffff #00000000 none # Original
>>(black), white
> menu color help         36;40     #c000ffff #00000000 none  # Modified
>>(black), cyan
> #menu color help         30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none  #Modified
>>(brown), white
> menu color msg07        37;40       #90ffffff #00000000 none
>
> #
> # Size of stuff
> #
> MENU WIDTH 80
> MENU MARGIN 10
> MENU PASSWORDMARGIN 3
> MENU ROWS 15
> MENU TABMSGROW 18
> MENU CMDLINEROW 18
> MENU ENDROW 24
> MENU PASSWORDROW 11
> MENU TIMEOUTROW 20
> MENU HELPMSGROW 22
> MENU HELPMSGENDROW -1
> MENU HIDDENROW -2
> MENU HSHIFT 0
> MENU VSHIFT 0
>
> #
> # main entries
> #
>
>  ##  menu label ^0. xxxx  -->This IS displayed
>
>
>  # Following IS Recomended:>boots MBR
>    label local-boot
>
> menu default
>
> menu label ^0. Boot local hard disk
>
> kernel chain.c32
> append hd0 0
> # verified boots mbr
>
> # this ALSO boots MBR:
> # LABEL  local
> #        MENU DEFAULT
> #        LOCALBOOT 0x80
>  #       APPEND -
>
> # this  boots WinXP/Win98/Win2000
> label Boot Hard Disk
>   menu default
>   menu label ^1. Boot WinXP/Win98/Win2000
>   kernel chain.c32
>   append hd0 1
> # verified  boots WinXP/Win98/Win2000
>
>
> LABEL cmdcons
> MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
> COM32 chain.c32  fs cmldr=cmldr
>   APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
>
> LABEL grub4dos
> MENU LABEL ^3.grub4dos
> COM32 chain.c32  fs grldr=/grldr/grldr
>   APPEND file=/grldr/grldr
> # grub.exe & menu.lst on the device loads GUI
> # takes @ 1Min to load and then boots
> #verified boots grub4dos
>
>
> LABEL nu2-2
> MENU LABEL ^2. INSERT\partimage -->Tool to get LinuxPartition_UsbDrv Img
>
>  kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
>   append initrd=/DiskImages/BtInsUSB.img
>
> LABEL nu2-4
> MENU LABEL ^4. Partition Magic8  -->Universal partition manager
>  kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
>   append initrd=/DiskImages/Pm8.img
>
> LABEL nu2-5
> MENU LABEL ^5. Plpbt.
> KERNEL /ISOimages/memdisk
> INITRD /ISOimages/Plpbt.iso
> APPEND iso
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Prof S W Damle
>
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Which exact error message do you get when booting a MEMDISK entry?

Are you sure you entered the correct paths to the files?
Add ls.c32 and add this to your configuration file:

LABEL dir
MENU LABEL display files in /ISOimages/
COM32 ls.c32
APPEND /ISOimages


The PLoP iso boots fine for me.
Adding 'raw' to the APPEND line of the MEMDISK booted images may help.

- Gert Hulselmans

Gene Cumm

2010-Aug-30 12:30 UTC

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[syslinux] memdisk operations FAIL to boot with Syslinux-4.02

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 00:33, Prof S W Damle <swdamle at bsnl.in> wrote:
> ?## ?menu label ^0. xxxx ?-->This IS displayed
Of course.  Bad syntax.  You _must_ use "# " to make a comment and may
not use "## " as is stated in doc/syslinux.txt

Please reread doc/syslinux.txt as many of your issues like this can be
resolved by following those instructions.

-- 
-Gene

"No one ever says, 'I can't read that ASCII(plain text) e-mail you
sent me.'"

Andrew Stuart

2010-Aug-30 18:21 UTC

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On 8/29/2010 9:33 PM, Prof S W Damle wrote:> Hello all
>
> I have installed "syslinux" as follows:
> 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-4.02DOS>
> Following is my syslinux.cfg:
>
> # DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
>   default vesamenu.c32 ~
This should be UI vesamenu.c32
> #PROMPT 0
> #TIMEOUT 100
> #ONTIMEOUT com32/menu.c32 ~
>
> MENU BACKGROUND biohzd.png
> MENU TITLE Bootable Menu
>
> #MENU COLOR element ansi foreground background shadow
> # see chart below
>
> #"foreground" and "background" are color codes in
#AARRGGBB
> #     notation, where AA RR GG BB are hexadecimal digits for alpha
> #     (opacity), red, green and blue, respectively.  #00000000
> #     represents fully transparent, and #ffffffff represents opaque
> #     white.
> #
> #If any field is set to "*" or omitted (at the end of the line)
> #     then that field is left unchanged.
>
> #          element      ANSI        foreground background shadow
> #                                   #AARRGGBB #AARRGGBB none, std, all,
> or rev
> menu color screen       37;40       #ffffffff #00000000 none
> menu color border       30;40       #00000000 #00000000 none
> menu color title        1;36;40     #c00090f0 #00000000 none
> menu color unsel        37;40       #90ffffff #00000000 none
> menu color hotkey       1;37;40     #ffffffff #00000000 none
> menu color sel                30;47       #ff00ff00 #00000000 none
> menu color hotsel       1;7;30;47   #ffffffff #20ff8000 none
> menu color scrollbar    30;40       #40000000 #00000000 none
> menu color tabmsg       31;40       #90ffff00 #00000000 none
> menu color cmdmark      1;36;40     #c000ffff #00000000 none
> menu color cmdline          37;40       #c0ffffff #00000000 none
> menu color pwdborder      30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none
> menu color pwdheader      31;47       #80ff8080 #20ffffff none
> menu color pwdentry         30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none
> menu color timeout_msg  37;40       #80ffffff #00000000 none
> menu color timeout          1;37;40     #c0ffffff #00000000 none
> # menu color help       37;40       #c0ffffff #00000000 none # Original
>> (black), white
> menu color help         36;40     #c000ffff #00000000 none  # Modified
>> (black), cyan
> #menu color help         30;47       #80ffffff #20ffffff none  #Modified
>> (brown), white
> menu color msg07        37;40       #90ffffff #00000000 none
>
> #
> # Size of stuff
> #
> MENU WIDTH 80
> MENU MARGIN 10
> MENU PASSWORDMARGIN 3
> MENU ROWS 15
> MENU TABMSGROW 18
> MENU CMDLINEROW 18
> MENU ENDROW 24
> MENU PASSWORDROW 11
> MENU TIMEOUTROW 20
> MENU HELPMSGROW 22
> MENU HELPMSGENDROW -1
> MENU HIDDENROW -2
> MENU HSHIFT 0
> MENU VSHIFT 0
>
> #
> # main entries
> #
>
>   ##  menu label ^0. xxxx  -->This IS displayed
Invalid comment, remove the second #
>
>
>   # Following IS Recomended:>boots MBR
>     label local-boot
>
> menu default
>
> menu label ^0. Boot local hard disk
>
> kernel chain.c32
> append hd0 0
> # verified boots mbr
>
> # this ALSO boots MBR:
> # LABEL  local
> #        MENU DEFAULT
> #        LOCALBOOT 0x80
>   #       APPEND -
>
> # this  boots WinXP/Win98/Win2000
> label Boot Hard Disk
>    menu default
You already used menu default once, that is all you get.
>    menu label ^1. Boot WinXP/Win98/Win2000
>    kernel chain.c32
>    append hd0 1
> # verified  boots WinXP/Win98/Win2000
>
>
> LABEL cmdcons
> MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  =>Windows Recovery Console
> COM32 chain.c32  fs cmldr=cmldr
>    APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
>
> LABEL grub4dos
> MENU LABEL ^3.grub4dos
> COM32 chain.c32  fs grldr=/grldr/grldr
>    APPEND file=/grldr/grldr
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND fs grldr=/grldr/grldr
> # grub.exe&  menu.lst on the device loads GUI
> # takes @ 1Min to load and then boots
> #verified boots grub4dos
>
>
> LABEL nu2-2
> MENU LABEL ^2. INSERT\partimage -->Tool to get LinuxPartition_UsbDrv Img
>
>   kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
>    append initrd=/DiskImages/BtInsUSB.img
>
> LABEL nu2-4
> MENU LABEL ^4. Partition Magic8  -->Universal partition manager
>   kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
>    append initrd=/DiskImages/Pm8.img
>
> LABEL nu2-5
> MENU LABEL ^5. Plpbt.
> KERNEL /ISOimages/memdisk
> INITRD /ISOimages/Plpbt.iso
> APPEND iso
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Prof S W Damle
>
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You need to tell us specifically what isn't working after making all the 
suggested changed in this thread. We need error messages, output, 
whatever you can provide, otherwise you will either be ignored, or 
someone will spend way too much time poking and prodding for the 
information needed to help you resolve your issue.

-A

Prof S W Damle

2010-Sep-01 01:43 UTC

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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 04:13, Gene Cumm [gene.cumm at gmail.com]/Gert
Hulselmans <gerth at zytor.com> wrote:> Prof S W Damle wrote:
>> Hello all
>>
 >> Following is my syslinux.cfg:
> Which exact error message do you get when booting a MEMDISK entry?
 >Assuming all file names and paths are correct (including havinglinux.c32 in the default folder beside chain.c32).  If this resolves the
issue, please let us know.>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
Hello Sir(s),
 
Following is my modified/corrected syslinux.cfg file
 
#
# main entries
#
 
#  menu label ^0. xxxx  -->This IS displayed
# Following IS Recomended:>boots MBR 
 
label local-boot

menu label ^0. Boot MBR

kernel chain.c32
append hd0 0
 
# this  boots WinXP/Win98/Win2000
  menu default
  menu label ^1. Boot WinXP/Win98/Win2000
  kernel chain.c32
  append hd0 1           
 
LABEL cmdcons 
MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons  
 COM32 chain.c32  
  APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
 
LABEL grub4dos
MENU LABEL ^3.grub4dos    
COM32 chain.c32  fs grldr=/grldr/grldr
  APPEND file=/grldr/grldr
 
LABEL nu2-2
MENU LABEL ^2. INSERT\partimage             
 kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
  append initrd=/DiskImages/BtInsUSB.img 
               
LABEL nu2-4
MENU LABEL ^4. Partition Magic8  
 kernel /DiskImages/memdisk
  append initrd=/DiskImages/Pm8.img
 
LABEL nu2-5
  MENU LABEL ^5. Plpbt.
  KERNEL linux.c32
  INITRD /ISOimages/Plpbt.iso
  APPEND /ISOimages/memdisk iso
 
#OR
 
#LABEL dir
#MENU LABEL display files in /ISOimages/
#COM32 ls.c32
 # APPEND /ISOimages/memdisk iso raw
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
Following are the results for your information please:
 
menu label ^0. Boot MBR   and    menu label ^1. Boot WinXP/Win98/Win2000
both operate OK.
                                                          
[1]
for  MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons: 
 
get  the following display:
 
Loading the boot file . . . 
Booting . . . 
"-" keeps on blinking
-------------------------------------------------------------
[2]
for   MENU LABEL ^3.grub4dos:
 takes   @ 1Min to load  & then Boots in GUI
------------------------------------------------------
[3]
for  MENU LABEL ^2. INSERT\partimage:
No action >you are back in menu.
BtInsUSB.img is of 2.88mb          
-----------------------------------------------------
[4]
for MENU LABEL ^4. Partition Magic8 :
No action >you are back in menu. 
Pm8.img is of 2.88mb
------------------------------------------------------------
[5i]
for  "MENU LABEL ^5. Plpbt."
 
following is the output/display/message:
 
Linux.c32: not a COM32R image
Boot: "-" blinking 
 
When I pressed "Enter" key I am back to Menu
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
[5ii] 
LABEL display files in /ISOimages/
 
following is the output/display/message:
 
ls.c32: not a COM32R image
Boot: "-" blinking 
 
When I pressed "Enter" key I am back to Menu
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
What Next?
 
With regards,
 
Prof S W Damle

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