[syslinux] Win32 Syslinux

[Alex Pavloff]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lars Munch [mailto:lars at segv.dk] 
>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:09 PM
>> To: Alex Pavloff
>> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
>> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Win32 Syslinux
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 03:55:01PM -0800, Alex Pavloff wrote:
>> 
>> > I've been playing with the Win32 SYSLINUX, and it fails if 
>> you're not 
>> > using NT or 2K or XP.  There are some differences when 
>> using it under 
>> > Win95/98/ME, but is there any reason that this program 
>> couldn't just 
>> > have a different codepath for those older version of Windows?
>> 
>> syslinux.exe does not work on win95/98/ME. On those platforms 
>> you have to use syslinux.com (16bit DOS version).
>> 
>> The reason why syslinux.exe does not work on Win95/98/ME is 
>> that raw disk access on these systems are not directly 
>> supported. I have tried to use the method described here: 
>  
>http://www.codeguru.com/system/ReadSector.html 
> 
>but I have never finished the code (I never needed it bad enough since
syslinux.com works fine on win9x). 
>It should be possible to get >working without to much hassle, at least
for floppy disks.
>
>For more information on raw disk access trouble on win9x see also:
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/diskio/index.htm

That makes sense.  I guess that I'll simply do the OS detection and
syslinux.com/syslinux.exe choice myself.  Easy stuff.  Thanks for the
info.

Alex Pavloff - apavloff at esatechnology.com
ESA Technology ---- www.esatechnology.com
------- Linux-based industrial HMI ------
-------- www.esatechnology.com/5k -------