[syslinux] Memdisk/floppy image question

[H. Peter Anvin]

Murali Krishnan Ganapathy wrote:
> I meant that the script should do all the things necessary to create a 
> floppy image, including
> 
> * call mkdosfs with right param's
> * Copy the right section of boot sector code (given an existing 
> bootsector/floppy image)
> * And output the C/H/S values for use with syslinux.
> 
> Frankly the verbose output of mkdosfs gives too much information. It 
> took me some time to realise that tracks and cylinder are the same thing 
> (almost). Just a simple script which can be used to create large floppy 
> images. I am planning to write one for my use anyway. Once I finish I 
> can post it here, for inclusion with syslinux.
> 
> BTW, is there anybody who use the large floppy feature of memdisk. It 
> sure beats having to fit things inside a 2.88 floppy image, and storing 
> a compressed ramdisk image inside a floppy image.
> 

Quite a few people, I believe.

	-hpa