[syslinux] MEMDISK without floppy drive is fixed in 2.07
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Sat Oct 4 18:43:35 PDT 2003
Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> I apologize for the long delay in testing this. I can only reproduce
> the problem on fancy new laptops, and those do not stay in my hands
> for very long.
>
> As you may recall, certain floppyless laptops have a BIOS bug which
> prevented them from working with MEMDISK. Around a month ago, Robert
> Wruck contributed workaround patches, and hpa included a modified
> version of them in 2.07-pre1.
>
> He asked for testing, and that was the last message on the thread that
> I saw.
>
> I have just now confirmed that a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop exhibits
> the problem with 2.06 but not with 2.07-pre5. So the fix/workaround
> looks good. Thank you, Robert and Peter!
>
OK everyone... please refresh my memory... is there anything else in
particular that we're waiting for in 2.07 (not counting the API read
bug, which I am aware of and will try to find time to tackle at some
point... unfortunately it looks like I have to spend most of my spare
time for the next several months hunting for a new place to live :( :( :(...
-hpa
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