similar to: SYSLINUX 3.32-pre4 released: MEMDISK floppy drive workaround

Hi, I stumbled on a rather odd problem. A brand new HP Compaq dx2200 computer didn't want to boot up pxelinux+memdisk image. The computer just gave "Disk I/O error" and stopped there. Workaround was rather simple... Just attach regular floppy drive to the motherboard and everything started working fine. I tried with older 2.05 (pxelinux+memdisk) and newer 3.31. Both produced

Hello! Below is an excerpt from the thread in October. I have the same problem, but my laptop (which is a Brand new HP Compaq NC6230) does not have options in the BIOS to enable or disable floppy support. It just doesn't have one. I assume it leaves it enabled for USB Floppy support, but does not come with the drive. My ISOLinux setup is a UBCD. I tried to make my own, but the lack of

A very special thanks to H. Peter for finding the time to [at least partially, if not wholly] scrutinize and merge the El Torito emulation code for MEMDISK! I'd like to ask that those who've previously used the stale MEMDISK-ISO switch to this latest[1] MEMDISK proper and report any failures. Gert, I believe this version addresses the PloP .ISO trouble you reported. Could you

I have decided to promote SYSLINUX 3.31-pre4 to release candidate status. If it tests out OK, it will become 3.31 some time next week, probably. -hpa

Are there anyone who has a machine on which the *current* version of SYSLINUX ends up with an inoperable USB keyboard, especially when using the menu system? I might have a workaround, but I don't have a system which exhibits the problem available to me at the moment, and I really don't want to put in a hack without knowing that it actually does anything... If you do have such a

I have just released SYSLINUX 2.09-pre4 with a few changes: a) SYSLINUX should now correctly handle mode changes from within a COMBOOT program. b) Tweaks to the menu system to avoid the "grey text on black" problem. c) A new color scheme for the menu system (Murali, check it out and see if you think it works for you.) ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/

Hello, I am using the pxelinux.0 and memdisk files from distribution syslinux-3.36. I am no longer able to access the real floppy disk drive B: instead I just get a mirrored copy of the emulated floppy disk A: The default config file is as follows label 1 kernel memdisk append initrd=kd202.img I was previously using the sysliunx-3.20 distribution which gave me access to the real floppy

Hi I tried building Mandrake 9.2 DVD (combine files from iso images and so on). Then I tried to boot it in MS Virtual PC 2004 and it didn't work. After a while of expirementing I found out that no images work. Attached is sample cd image. (Made with Nero 6.3). I wonder is the problem in Nero, Virtual PC or in syslinux? isolinux-debug.bin gives following messages: --- ISOLINUX 2.08

Hi all, I have pushed out Syslinux 3.81-pre4, which is now a release candidate for 3.81. This version includes halt on idle, and so I'm very keen on getting this tested. -hpa

Okay... I have implemented a check for no-floppy systems and skip the RESET passing for those systems, based on the info from Robert Wruck (thanks.) I have released this as SYSLINUX 2.07-pre1, but I haven't had a chance to test this *at all*, so don't be too surprised if this doesn't work. ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/ Robert: if you send me your

Hello, I don't know what the problem is but when I try to set my NT workstation to use my Samba server (Solaris2.7) as a PDC, the nmbd process dies with the following entries added to log.nmb: [2000/04/17 11:06:29, 1] nmbd/nmbd_processlogon.c:process_logon_packet(70) process_logon_packet: Logon from 147.197.206.8: code = 12 [2000/04/17 11:06:29, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)

Hi all, I have just released SYSLINUX 2.03-pre4; this is the same as SYSLINUX 2.03-pre3, except: a) I have -- I hope -- finally fixed the Perl scripts so they work in UTF-8 locales; b) MEMDISK now supports gzip compressed images. For those who have requested it... you should really thank me for the last one. It took quite a bit of work, mostly because I had to move the installer to be a

For the boot floppy at http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsfiles/FUZOMA14.IMG using memdisk from syslinux version 3.72 boots correctly, but for memdisk versions newer than 3.72 (I tested 3.73, 3.75, 3.85, and 3.86) all hang at boot with the following message: Loading boot sector... booting FreeDOS kernel - SVN (build 2039 OEM:0xfd [compiled Oct 2 2009]) Kernel compatibility 6.22 - BORLANDC ... XMGR,

>From NEWS: * MEMDISK: be smarter about incompletely disabled floppies in the BIOS and about being the only BIOS. Shouldn't the second "BIOS" be "floppy"? - Sebastian --- syslinux-3.71-pre4/NEWS.orig 2008-07-05 15:42:50.000000000 +0200 +++ syslinux-3.71-pre4/NEWS 2008-07-05 15:43:33.000000000 +0200 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ * EXTLINUX: proper error

HI: i just trying memdisk that comes with syslinux 3.35. i try to load a dos image, which contains ghost verison 8.3 and ghost version 11. both version of ghost hangs when start-up. memdisk that comes with 3.40 pre is ok. and many earlier versions is ok too. i try some parameter like "safeint","raw". but none work. i use memdisk with pxelinux, below is part of my

hi, - big and ugly mail. If you don't like them, delete it now :-) - I have collected and classified some information of: http://home.earthlink.net/~rwhron/kernel/bigbox.html And I observed that ext3 performance is worse than previous kernels(2.4.19...). -ac and -aa are here only as reference. Complete information is in the upper URL. dbench: Performance is worse. dbench (Numbers are in

Yet another test release for the rewrite in progress. This version generalizes the definition of a boot sector, and puts the boot sector code into all the modules, so that a CD-ROM "boot sector" (like WinNT uses) and a PXE NBP should now all be possible to chainload. PLEASE test it out, pretty please... I haven't heard anything from anyone since at least 1.73-pre2.

hi i'm about to upgrade systems. yesterday i got https://www.zytor.com/pub/syslinux/Testing/6.04/syslinux-6.04-pre3.tar.xz in order to upgrade 6.04-pre1 version. i first was upgrading a usb-disk which was booting smootly with a simple configuration. i changed the EFI installation in /EFI/BOOT: efi64/efi/syslinux.efi (UEFI bootloader for EFI X64 (x86_64) firmware) ?

Hello syslinuxers I'm stuck with a scientific problem which gives me headaches: I have a laptop (Gateway MX3410) which has a SD memory card reader. Recently an interesting thought crossed my mind: why don't I setup a 2GB SD card as a harddrive and put some rescue tools on it. So I dug on the net and I came across the idea of using memdisk to boot floppy images without the need of a

Hi,, I wud just like to inform that the previous issue of memdisk not booting compressed images still persists !! The release 2.05 that was supposed to fix this issue dint yet solve the problem !! Please, let me know if more info on the problem is required !! Bye, Jassi >From: syslinux-request at zytor.com >Reply-To: syslinux at zytor.com >To: syslinux at zytor.com >Subject: