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2014 May 23
2
Syslinux DOS-based installer in FreeDOS
Testing the DOS-based Syslinux installer, syslinux.com, with the "-m"
parameter, I found that it works as expected under MS-DOS and its DOS
variants, but it seems to fail under FreeDOS (please correct me if
I'm wrong).
Using FreeDOS kernel v.2041 (386f32), Syslinux v.6.03-pre11 and
either FAT16 or FAT32 partitions, executing:
syslinux.com -m -i c:
or:
syslinux.com -f -m -i c:
will not write to the MBR, and will ruin the VBR.
To be clear, the "-m" parameter overwrites parts of the VBR.
If, *instead*, I use the same versions with t...
2014 May 24
0
Syslinux DOS-based installer in FreeDOS
...n FreeDOS or another undesirable
negative interaction.
I vaguely recall FreeDOS having some sort of HDD-acceleration
(caching/prefetching). A quick Google returns "lbacache" and
"uide.sys". If so, a test should be run without either running.
> Using FreeDOS kernel v.2041 (386f32), Syslinux v.6.03-pre11 and
> either FAT16 or FAT32 partitions, executing:
> syslinux.com -m -i c:
>
> or:
> syslinux.com -f -m -i c:
>
> will not write to the MBR, and will ruin the VBR.
>
> To be clear, the "-m" parameter overwrites parts of the VBR.
>
&g...
2014 May 24
2
Syslinux DOS-based installer in FreeDOS
...heir FreeDOS equivalents) are empty,
so other than the kernel and the shell, there is nothing there.
I also tested at least one case with multiple drivers loaded and the
result was equivalent: The "-m" argument wrote on the VBR, not on the
MBR.
> > Using FreeDOS kernel v.2041 (386f32), Syslinux v.6.03-pre11 and
> > either FAT16 or FAT32 partitions, executing:
> > syslinux.com -m -i c:
> >
> > or:
> > syslinux.com -f -m -i c:
> >
> > will not write to the MBR, and will ruin the VBR.
> >
> > To be clear, the "-m" p...