[syslinux] Open file > 64 K in COM32

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Sep 10 09:58:07 PDT 2003


Kien Phung Chi wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I used syslinux to load linux on DiskOnChip in PC104
> for one embbeded project suceefully for several
> months. But due to power lost sometime the image is
> corrupted. I want to develop a COM32 util to check CRC
> for the images and load the good ones. I read in the
> comboot.doc that com32 can use read file SYSLINUX API
> call to read a file, and the file must below 64K
> limit. But the image files always bigger than 64K. So
> anyone can guide me how to read this big files in
> COM32 module.
> 

There is no such limit.  You just can't read more than 64K *in one call*.

	-hpa





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