[syslinux] MSDOS not working: problem Solved

[G. Murali Krishnan]

> Of course, for *special tasks*, you might have a lot easier job.  For
> example, in your install disk example, if you know none of your users is
> going to have nonstandard partitioning (or if you're going to
> repartition the disk anyway), you can usually use the sectors on the
> hard disk immediately after the MBR.  The first partition traditionally
> starts at the beginning of the second track, even though there is no
> requirement for partitions to be such aligned.  This means some number
> of sectors are left unused.  These can be accessed with BIOS call INT
> 13h from a COMBOOT/COM32 binary, which can be used to control ISOLINUX.

This looks definitely doable. I will do this once I am done with the rest
of my GUI (Grand Unified Installer) CD.

- Murali

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