THUESON,TYLER (HP-Boise,ex1)
2003-Jul-29 19:43 UTC
[syslinux] Rebooting to hard drive from DOS floppy
Hi all, Do any of you have any ideas for getting a DOS floppy to reboot to the hard drive (which may contain Windows 98 or XP or Linux or Novell etc etc)? I want to use syslinux, but it does not support the localboot option like pxelinux and isolinux do. Basically, I want to boot DOS from a floppy, run some DOS stuff, then reboot to the hard drive while leaving the floppy disk in the drive. Loadlin would be perfect if it supported OSes other than Linux. Suggestions? TIA! Tyler
Peter.Leenders at computacenter.com
2003-Jul-30 07:41 UTC
[syslinux] Rebooting to hard drive from DOS floppy
Use a diskette with jo.sys for more details look at this side: http://www.nu2.nu/jo/ Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Yours sincerely Peter Leenders Systemunterst?tzung Configuration Center CC CompuNet AG & Co. oHG A part of Computacenter plc Europaring 34-40, 50170 Kerpen, Germany Phone: +49 (0)2273 / 597-219 (-7972), Fax: +49 (0)2273 / 597-7515, E-Mail : Peter.Leenders at computacenter.com Visit us on the Internet: http://www.computacenter.com This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this mail in error, please tell us immediately by return email and delete the document. "THUESON,TYLER (HP-Boise,ex1)" <tyler.thueson at hp.com>@zytor.com on 29.07.2003 21:43:10 Sent by: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com To: "'syslinux at zytor.com'" <syslinux at zytor.com> cc: Subject: [syslinux] Rebooting to hard drive from DOS floppy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, Do any of you have any ideas for getting a DOS floppy to reboot to the hard drive (which may contain Windows 98 or XP or Linux or Novell etc etc)? I want to use syslinux, but it does not support the localboot option like pxelinux and isolinux do. Basically, I want to boot DOS from a floppy, run some DOS stuff, then reboot to the hard drive while leaving the floppy disk in the drive. Loadlin would be perfect if it supported OSes other than Linux. Suggestions? TIA! Tyler _______________________________________________ SYSLINUX mailing list Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com Unsubscribe or set options at: http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic.
THUESON,TYLER (HP-Boise,ex1)
2003-Jul-30 18:56 UTC
[syslinux] Rebooting to hard drive from DOS floppy
Yes! That works perfectly. I set jo.sys to a 1 second timeout, then put it on a bootable floppy under a different name, say freejo.sys, so that it is not activated. DOS boots normally, runs, and then I rename freejo.sys to jo.sys and run an int19.com that I acquired elsewhere (which makes the PC reboot). With the floppy still in the drive, jo.sys now makes the system boot to the hard drive without user intervention. Exactly what I wanted. Thanks a million Peter (and Bart!)! Tyler -----Original Message----- From: Peter.Leenders at computacenter.com [mailto:Peter.Leenders at computacenter.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:29 AM 1:29 To: tyler.thueson at hp.com Cc: syslinux at zytor.com Subject: Re: [syslinux] Rebooting to hard drive from DOS floppy Use a diskette with jo.sys for more details look at this side: http://www.nu2.nu/jo/ Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Yours sincerely Peter Leenders Systemunterst?tzung Configuration Center CC CompuNet AG & Co. oHG A part of Computacenter plc Europaring 34-40, 50170 Kerpen, Germany Phone: +49 (0)2273 / 597-219 (-7972), Fax: +49 (0)2273 / 597-7515, E-Mail : Peter.Leenders at computacenter.com Visit us on the Internet: http://www.computacenter.com This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this mail in error, please tell us immediately by return email and delete the document. "THUESON,TYLER (HP-Boise,ex1)" <tyler.thueson at hp.com>@zytor.com on 29.07.2003 21:43:10 Sent by: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com To: "'syslinux at zytor.com'" <syslinux at zytor.com> cc: Subject: [syslinux] Rebooting to hard drive from DOS floppy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, Do any of you have any ideas for getting a DOS floppy to reboot to the hard drive (which may contain Windows 98 or XP or Linux or Novell etc etc)? I want to use syslinux, but it does not support the localboot option like pxelinux and isolinux do. Basically, I want to boot DOS from a floppy, run some DOS stuff, then reboot to the hard drive while leaving the floppy disk in the drive. Loadlin would be perfect if it supported OSes other than Linux. Suggestions? TIA! Tyler _______________________________________________ SYSLINUX mailing list Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com Unsubscribe or set options at: http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. COMPUTACENTER (UK) LTD The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information which may be confidential and which may also be privileged. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. Computacenter information is available from http://www.computacenter.com This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. **************************************************************************** ***********************************************