[syslinux] Memdisk/floppy image question
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Tue Feb 10 17:55:00 PST 2004
Murali Krishnan Ganapathy wrote:
> I meant that the script should do all the things necessary to create a
> floppy image, including
>
> * call mkdosfs with right param's
> * Copy the right section of boot sector code (given an existing
> bootsector/floppy image)
> * And output the C/H/S values for use with syslinux.
>
> Frankly the verbose output of mkdosfs gives too much information. It
> took me some time to realise that tracks and cylinder are the same thing
> (almost). Just a simple script which can be used to create large floppy
> images. I am planning to write one for my use anyway. Once I finish I
> can post it here, for inclusion with syslinux.
>
> BTW, is there anybody who use the large floppy feature of memdisk. It
> sure beats having to fit things inside a 2.88 floppy image, and storing
> a compressed ramdisk image inside a floppy image.
>
Quite a few people, I believe.
-hpa
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