SYSLINUX 1.76-pre1/2.00-pre7 (was: [syslinux] Re: Isolinux doesn'tboot)

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andy Polyakov wrote:
>>Alright... I have released SYSLINUX 1.76-pre1 and 2.00-pre7 with this
>>workaround included; please test and I'll promote 1.76-pre1 to 1.76 if
>>it works.
> 
> 
> I can test only in couple of days... I.e. on Toshiba...
> 
> 
>>ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/
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> 
> Once you're in the mood to post a new version. Consider
> http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2002-March/000274.html as well.
> The problem [system freezes if you move the mouse while I/O to/from
> memdisk is taking place] occurs with a number of BIOSes and affects a
> number of DOS programs, not only partition magic. A.

What machine?

This is a pretty severe BIOS bug, and touching the PIC is a very unsafe
workaround for it.

	-hpa