[syslinux] [ANNOUNCE] syslinux for win2k/winxp

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue May 20 10:30:12 PDT 2003


Lars Munch wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have ported syslinux to win2k/winxp. It is attached.  It has been
> tested with floppies and flashcards, but not on harddisks.
> 
> On harddisks I'm not sure if I should use \\.\PHYSICALDRIVEX or \\.\X:
> as arguments to CreateFile (I'm no windows wiz) and I do not currently
> have a system to test this on.
> 
> The program can be compiled using mingw or in cygwin using the option
> -mno-cygwin (NOTE nasm on cygwin does not seem to generate a correct
> ldlinux.bin so this should be done on Linux). The program also compiles
> nicely using a Linux/mingw cross compiler.
> 
> I had to include most of syslxmod.c into my port since libsyslinux.a did
> not compile due to all the header-files syslxmod.c includes (and not
> seems
> to need).
> 
> Comments are welcome.
> 

I think the list software stripped off the binary attachment - could you 
send it to me directly?

Also, could you please send a bug to the NASM bug tracker on:

http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/nasm/

Thanks...

	-hpa





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