[syslinux] memdisk - reboot loaded image

[Murali Krishnan Ganapathy]

To reboot
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You can write a really small program to do this.
Create a file called "reboot.com". The assembly code should be

JMP FFFF:0000

thats it. This location contains the BIOS code which reboots the 
machine. You should be able to create this using the "debug.exe" utility 
in three lines.

If you are unable to do this, let me know, I will try to get the .COM file.

To save information
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No, you cannot make any changes to the image, when you boot off the 
memdisk image. Depending on what information you want to save and what 
it is for, you might be able to something about it.

- Murali

Puckett, Richard H. wrote:
> Is there a method to reboot a memdisk (floppy) image?
> 
> I'm working on a DOS-based installation floppy that needs to repartition the hard disk
> prior to proceeding.  DOS will only recognize the updated partition table after a reboot, but
> I'd like to be able to save information to the currently loaded memdisk floppy disk and
> simply reboot the image.  Possible?
> 
> I haven't had any luck with pboot, loadlin (for reasons discussed in the archives), or other
> programs I have available.  I would think this is possible as the memdisk provided RAM disk
> is loaded prior to DOS.  Am I missing something here?
> 
> Any insights would be appreciated.
> 
> - Rick
> 
> 
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