[syslinux] memdisk on sony vaio (phoenix bios)
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jun 29 15:27:45 PDT 2007
mark pryor wrote:
>
> Along comes a new Sony Vaio (VGN-FZ140E) with a Phoenix bios and none of the memdisk floppy images work -- they hang. My linux kernel based images still boot fine.
>
> When this happens, what is a good strategy? So far I've tried:
> -- looking for the latest bios (Sony seems to hide the location for this)
> -- upgrade to the latest Syslinux (moving from 3.10 on fc5 to 3.51 from zytor)
>
> is there some generic weakness with any Phoenix bios?
>
Given that more than half of all the BIOSes in circulation are Phoenix,
there definitely are -- but that means absolutely nothing.
I haven't gotten any specific information about VGN-FZ140E having
issues; if anyone else has information about that I would appreciate
knowing.
-hpa
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