[syslinux] Windows Recovery console FAILS to boot with Syslinux-4.02
Prof S W Damle
swdamle at bsnl.in
Thu Aug 19 10:48:47 PDT 2010
Hello Sir,
Copid cmdcons and cmldr to O:(my usb drive) as follows
(1)
Microsoft(R) Windows 98
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.
C:\WINDOWS>format o: /s
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.
Formatting 967.98M
Format complete.
System transferred
Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?
1,014,726,656 bytes total disk space
425,984 bytes used by system
1,014,300,672 bytes available on disk
16,384 bytes in each allocation unit.
61,908 allocation units available on disk.
Volume Serial Number is 404E-16F4
C:\WINDOWS>
C:\WINDOWS> mkdir o:\syslinux
C:\WINDOWS> cd c:\unzipped\syslinux-4.02\dos
C:\Unzipped\syslinux-4.02\DOS> syslinux -d syslinux o:
C:\Unzipped\syslinux-4.02\DOS>
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(2)
Microsoft(R) Windows 98
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.
C:\WINDOWS>cd c:\
C:\>xcopy /e /h cmdcons o:\cmdcons\
...
TFFSPORT.SY_
TOSIDE.SY_
TXTSETUP.SIF
ULTRA.SY_
USBCCGP.SY_
USBD.SY_
USBHUB.SY_
USBOHCI.SY_
USBPORT.SY_
USBSTOR.SY_
USBUHCI.SY_
VGA.SY_
VGAOEM.FO_
VIAIDE.SY_
VIDEOPRT.SY_
WINNT.SIF
WMILIB.SY_
SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL
SYSTEM32\SMSS.EXE
179 File(s) copied
C:\>copy cmldr o:\
1 file(s) copied
C:\>
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(3)
However sorry to say Windows Recovery console does NOT boot with the
following entries in syslinux.cfg
LABEL cmdcons =>Windows Recovery Console
MENU LABEL ^2.cmdcons =>Windows Recovery Console
COM32 chain.c32 fs cmldr=cmldr
APPEND hd0 1 cmldr=cmldr
What next?
Thanks in advance
with regards,
Prof S W Damle
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