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...on some computers i get "boot error". My investigation reveals three bugs in the boot code. Int 13 function 8 destroys the contents of register ES. Ah, now it is corrected in version 4.04 pre 5. Well done. I am happy now. But there are still other bugs. Look on version 4.04 pre 5, core/bootdisc.inc, line 224: Int 13 function 8 ist called with DL = 0 (in my case), not with DL = Drive. This is because at label "harddisk" a segment address was loaded into DX. So int 13 returns wrong values. Now look on version 4.04 pre 5, core/bootdisc.inc, line 165 ("mov [di-76+8],cl"):...

...boot sector so that I could boot Damn Small Linux, INSERT and memtest86. They are all working fine. I have a DOS bootable CD and have been following this guy's instructions... http://fuzzymunchkin.dyndns.org/tdot/usbkeyfob/index.php3 I used a WinXP floppy formatted with the 'make ms-dos bootdisc' option checked and used copybs to obtain a dos.bss file from it - I have also tried the dos.bss file on his website. If I enter dos at the boot: prompt a '.' appears a line below and then below that the SYSLINUX copyright information reappears and the boot: prompt again. Any idea...

...o use the commandline (because some numbers eg 2, 7 and necessary characters eg :, = are NOT mapped at all) I'd like to have a conclusive answer so we can fix this for syslinux (and have belgian keyboard configured everywhere). I'd like to integrate this with footprint to create custom bootdiscs that fix this for non-us keyboard users :) Thanks in advance, -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]