[syslinux] Re: pxelinux+memdisk

[Jack Daniel Kelly]

>> Jitender Gupta wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use pxelinux+memdisk to boot to dos. And using dos tcp/ip
>> connect to windows network.
>>
>> I've used winimage to create (dos.ima) image of dos bootable floppy. But
>> when I type dos at boot: prompt, it doesn't boot to dos instead show a
>> multi-coloured screen. At this moment ctrl+alt+delete also doesn't work.

> Note that the DOS from WinME/WinXP doesn't work under MEMDISK for
> reasons still unknown (it does some extremely odd things, so it's hard
> to figure out what's abnormal.)
>
> 	-HPA

I use the Win98 version of dos that comes on bart's modboot boot disks
from www.nu2.nu and it works fine with no problems. Okay, I lie, it has
some issues with old school games, but I think that's the packet driver,
rather than a PXELINUX issue.