[syslinux] "Dos installer" from Win98se

Prof S W Damle
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:28:38 -0000

On 02/27/2010 10:31 PM, swdamle at bsnl.in wrote:
> Hello,
> This has reference to ""Dos installer" from Win98se in
Syslinux-3.84.
>
> Sorry to say the problem CONTINUES with Syslinux-3.85. Following is
> for your reference please.
>

You may want to try:

http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/syslinux/syslinux.com

... which is compiled with debugging information turned on.

            -hpa

01Mar10:
> Sorry for the delay, my "outgoing server" was down!

>Downloaded "syslinux" from the link
http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/syslinux/syslinux.com

Ran "syslinux" as follows:

C:\WINDOWS>format o:/s

WARNING, ALL DATA ON DISK
DRIVE O: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?y


Checking existing disk format.
Verifying 483.48M
Format complete.
System transferred

Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?

  506,699,776 bytes total disk space
      409,600 bytes used by system
  506,290,176 bytes available on disk

        8,192 bytes in each allocation unit.
       61,803 allocation units available on disk.

Volume Serial Number is 1640-0F01


C:\WINDOWS>
C:\WINDOWS>cd c:\

C:\>syslinux -sma -d syslinux o:
...
...
read_device(15,00002fa4,1,0)
Trying unlock 0001... ok 0001
set_attributes("O:\ldlinux.sys", 0x00)
creat("O:\ldlinux.sys", 0x0)
close(5)
set_attributes("O:\ldlinux.sys", 0x07)
Trying lock 020f... ok 440d
read_device(15,00003518,1,0)
read_device(15,00003738,1,485)
read_device(15,00003958,1,1)
set_attributes("O:\ldlinux.sys", 0x00)
rename("O:\ldlinux.sys", "O:\syslinux\ldlinux.sys")
rv = 3
syslinux: warning: cannot move ldlinux.sys
set_attributes("O:\ldlinux.sys", 0x07)
write_device(15,00002fa4,1,1317)
write_device(15,00002fa4,1,1318)
write_device(15,00002fa4,1,1319)
read_mbr(15,000031a4) rv(0861) = 0000
Searching for partition offset: 00000020
Trying unlock 0001... ok 0001
Trying unlock 0000... ok ffff
syslinux: partition not found (-a is not implemented for logical
partitions)

C:\>

It may please be noted that my "removable Disk" is recognized as
"o:"

Prof S W Damle
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