[syslinux] 512sector problem

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:26:03 -0400
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> issued forth:
> 
> # Sounds like it's not a MSDOS-format floppy, in which case, so, you can't 
> # run SYSLINUX.
> 
> Ack!  So Syslinux will only work on a dos formatted floppy?  What good is that
> to Linux users?  We use a Linux formatted floppy because a regular dos format
> isn't large enough for most kernels...  What a major bummer..
> 

Check again.

msdos format has less overhead than Linux ext2/ext3; you can format 
floppies any size as msdos (use fdformat and mkdosfs).

HOWEVER, not all BIOSes will boot extended-format floppies.

	-hpa