Hi,
I've made several attempts to boot syslinux from the harddisk.
I have a win 98 startdiskette with syslinux and copybs.
I strictly follow the procedure in the syslinux documentation.
Yet, the result of the boot is not that linux is starting.
Instead, the Microsoft windows screen flashes for a couple of
seconds and is then replaced by a Dos prompt.
Syslinux is V2.04. The PC is an IBM Aptiva 486 DX2
I've also tried to prepare the HD using a pure Linux alternative.
(Leaf/Bering 1.1 diskette with kernel supporting IDE disks)
In this case running syslinux fails with undefined symbol open64
In attempt to remedy this, I've tried to link syslinux statically.
The 'make installer' fails with:
'nasm -O99 -f bin -DPATCH_OFFSET=`cat patch.offset` \
-l syslinux.lst -o syslinux.com syslinux.asm
syslinux.asm:447: error: expression syntax error
This error is probably because patch.offset is an empty file
removing it and 'make patch.offset' yields:
make patch.offset
perl findpatch.pl > patch.offset
findpatch.pl: Did not find patch area signature
make: *** [patch.offset] Error 255
I've also tried syslinux V 1.61 but here there are other compilation errors.
I am running a Redhat 8.0 linux on the machine I'm compiling on.
Any suggestions for how to be able to make the Harddisk bootable
would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Anders
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Hi, "fille manjong" <fillemanjong at hotmail.com> schrieb am 14.05.03 23:15:33:> I've made several attempts to boot syslinux from the harddisk. > I have a win 98 startdiskette with syslinux and copybs. > I strictly follow the procedure in the syslinux documentation. > Yet, the result of the boot is not that linux is starting. > Instead, the Microsoft windows screen flashes for a couple of > seconds and is then replaced by a Dos prompt. > Syslinux is V2.04. The PC is an IBM Aptiva 486 DX2Did you write a new MBR? Windows rewrites the MBR, and that then starts the first active partition. Maybe it started a partition you didn't install syslinux on.> I've also tried syslinux V 1.61 but here there are other compilation errors. > I am running a Redhat 8.0 linux on the machine I'm compiling on.The syslinux binaries should run without problems. Perhaps you should try a redhat or suse rescue cd, these usually include syslinux. Regards, Josef ______________________________________________________________________________ UNICEF bittet um Spenden fur die Kinder im Irak! Hier online an UNICEF spenden: https://spenden.web.de/unicef/special/?mc=021101
Thanks Josef!>>Did you write a new MBR? Windows rewrites the MBR, and that >then starts the first active partition. Maybe it started a partition >you didn't install syslinux on.Yes I did write a new MBR! I have just one partition and it's active> > > I've also tried syslinux V 1.61 but here there are other compilation >errors. > > I am running a Redhat 8.0 linux on the machine I'm compiling on. > >The syslinux binaries should run without problems. Perhaps you should >try a redhat or suse rescue cd, these usually include syslinux.I suspected that the problem could have been related to the fact that I eas using a Win98 start diskette. Instead I downloaded DOS 6.22 from www.bootdisk.com. The DOS 6.22 and Syslinux 2.04 solved my problems.> >______________________________________________________________________________ >UNICEF bittet um Spenden fur die Kinder im Irak! Hier online an >UNICEF spenden: https://spenden.web.de/unicef/special/?mc=021101 >_________________________________________________________________ Coola downloads fr?n adidas! http://www.msn.se/mobil/adidas