Using kernel is 2.4.30 win32 syslinux 3.52 Preparing floppy under Windows XP SP2 1) Preparing boot floppy ======= syslinux.cfg content =====================PROMPT 0 DISPLAY warning.txt DEFAULT kernel APPEND root=/dev/ram0 rw initrd=ukmrd.gz ramdisk_size=5000 bdev=/dev/fd0 ip=192.168.422.25 ipm=255.255.255.0 ipreq=n ipg=192.168.42.1 ipdns=192.168.42.2 mnet=pcnet32 durl=http://KP/ukminstall ============================================After boot command line is truncated mnet=pcnet32 durl=http://KP/ukminstall variables are not passed to init 2) Preparing boot floppy with the win32 syslinux 3.52 and syslinux-3.52\com32\samples\linux.c32 module ======= syslinux.cfg content =====================PROMPT 0 DISPLAY warning.txt DEFAULT syslinux 3.52 APPEND kernel root=/dev/ram0 rw initrd=ukmrd.gz ramdisk_size=5000 bdev=/dev/fd0 ip=192.168.422.25 ipm=255.255.255.0 ipreq=n ipg=192.168.42.1 ipdns=192.168.42.2 mnet=pcnet32 durl=http://KP/ukminstall ============================================After boot command line is also truncated mnet=pcnet32 durl=http://KP/ukminstall variables are not passed to init Kernel parameters line is truncated at the edge of about 140 bytes According to syslinux documentation Changes in 3.08: * Max command line changed to 1023 characters. Note that the kernel proper still can only handle 255 characters without patching, and COM16 binaries can only handle 125 characters. Does it mean that under win32 it is impossible to pass 255 symbols to the 2.4.30 kernel using syslinux?
Firstname Surname wrote:> Using > > According to syslinux documentation > Changes in 3.08: > * Max command line changed to 1023 characters. Note that the > kernel proper still can only handle 255 characters without > patching, and COM16 binaries can only handle 125 characters. > > Does it mean that under win32 it is impossible to pass 255 symbols to > the 2.4.30 kernel using syslinux? >The 2.4.x kernel (why are you using something that ancient?) doesn't support more than 255 characters on its command line, total. -hpa