[syslinux] Standard file extensions for zipped floppy images

[Dag Wieers]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Dag Wieers wrote:

> These are the images currently on my sda2 partition, I indicated the ones 
> that failed (and why):
> 
>  2660515 Jan 22 11:35 bg-rescue-0.2.2.img.gz	(Works k2.4.22)
>  1325904 Jan 22 12:57 boote-0.20r2.img.gz	(Fails booting, AX= BX= ... loop)
>   303668 Jan 22 12:44 freedos-beta9rc3.img.gz	(Freezes with stacktrace)
>  1361024 Jun 20  2003 freesco-0.3.2.img.gz	(Works k2.0.39 with hda irq timeout problem)
> 18985637 Jan 22 14:43 gandalf-rh62.img.gz	(Freezes, no output)
>  1429199 Jan 22 12:19 hal91-0.4.5.img.gz	(Works k2.0.39 with hda irq timeout problem)
>  1451868 Dec 20 22:14 injector-1.4.img.gz	(Starts off, asks video settings, reboots)
>  1004482 Feb 27  2001 lanaid-2.30.img.gz	(Freezes with little output)
>  1345956 Jan 22 11:55 netrix-0.8.23.2.img.gz	(Works k2.4.23)
>  1460073 Jan 22 13:13 paud-1.0.3.img.gz		(Fails booting with 'Uncompressing Linux...')
>   542731 Jan 20 16:11 pcdos71.img.gz		(Freezes with little output)
>  1450193 Jan 22 13:13 pocketlinux-2.51f4.img.gz	(Works k2.0.39 with hda problem, fails accessing floppy)
>  1677225 Jan 22 12:38 rip-2.3.img.gz		(Works k2.4.23)
>  1593630 Jan 22 12:11 sisela-0.3.img.gz		(Works k2.4.23)
>  1223420 Jan 22 11:04 slimlinux-0.4.0.img.gz	(Works k2.2.19, usb-storage problems)
>  1702337 May  4  2002 tomsrtbt-2.0.103.img.gz	(Fails booting 01 01 01 01 01)
>  1428244 Jan 22 12:34 trinux-0.890.img.gz	(Works k2.4.21)
>   779424 Feb 27  2001 windows95.img.gz		(Freezes, no output)
>   821483 Feb 27  2001 windows98.img.gz		(Freezes, no output)

I extended my list with the boot-images on the Bochs page.

1501738 May 23  2001 bochs-dlxlinux	(Works k1.3.89 with hda problem, panics mounting root fs)
 959036 Apr 27  2001 bochs-freedos	(Freezes with 'Loading FreeDOS...  ROOT FAT KERNEL GO!')
2066892 Apr 27  2001 bochs-linux	(Fails booting, LI)
1190836 Apr 27  2001 bochs-netbsd	(Freezes with '1118599-')
1356560 Apr 27  2001 bochs-openbsd	(Freezes with 'disk: fd0')
1163360 Apr  6  2001 bochs-picobsd	(Instantly reboots while booting)
1450063 Apr 27  2001 bochs-pragmalinux	(Instantly reboots while loading kernel)

None of them work properly with memdisk.

--   dag wieers,  dag at wieers.com,  http://dag.wieers.com/   --
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