[syslinux] unloading memdisk

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jan 16 15:24:45 PST 2004


Joachim Bass wrote:
>
> So, if I cut express a wish it would be a great complaisant if you could add
> a function to disable memdisk so that it releases floppy drive A:
> 
> In the new release 2.08 you have add the sample prog mdiskchk to check for
> memdisk. Perhaps you can extend this prog with a /u or -u switch to unload
> the memdisk?
> 

Possibly, but it would be a major effort, and DOS wouldn't like it
anyway (DOS does not handle drives disappearing from underneath it.)

	-hpa




More information about the Syslinux mailing list