EDD error RE: [syslinux] Re: SYSLINUX 2.12-pre7 released

H. Peter Anvin
2004-12-10T04:40:05Z

Blaauw,Bernd B. wrote:
>>No, but you can write a comboot/com32 module to do it if you wish.
>
> I meant for syslinux.exe/com (the installer).
>

Oh, right... I forgot all about that.  On that subject, how would you
expect this to work when the bootsector is tied to a particular location
of ldlinux.sys?  (I'm not being negative, I am just trying to understand
the requirement(s).)

> that BIOS issue is now handled in the driver the author wrote.
Unfortunately I can't find another cdrom which boots but lets me access A:
to really demonstrate it's the BIOS which is doing this.
> Every non-emulation cdrom either uses isolinux (even ReactOS bootloader) or
does not allow booting to diskette.
>
> thanks for the feedback anyway, and good luck releasing 2.12.

Thanks.

	-hpa