[syslinux] booting on a dos software

Vanessa Conchodon v.conchodon at smie.com
Thu Aug 11 09:05:57 PDT 2005


Hi Mikey!

I need maxtor.exe to obtain the right code for the RMA
procedure if needed when a disk seems to fail.

		Vanessa.

Mikey Sklar wrote:
> Have you considered using smartctl to read the S.M.A.R.T bits off the
> disk to see the drive status?
> 
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:24:44PM +0200, Vanessa Conchodon wrote:
> 
>>Hi!
>>
>>I've got a USB key with several tools (small linux, memtest86+)
>>booting via syslinux.
>>But now I have to add powermax.exe (a MSDOS tool to test Maxtor
>>disks) on this key.
>>As I've always been on Unix/Linux system, I don't know what
>>to do to run powermax.exe from syslinux.
>>I've made a boot floppy disk and tried to copy everything
>>on my usb key and put the command.com in kernel field but
>>all I have was "COMBOOT image too large".
>>Can anyone help me?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>		Vanessa.
>>-- 
>>Vanessa Conchodon
>>SMIE
>>7 rue de la Chapelle
>>93160 Noisy le Grand
>>France
>>Tel: 01 55 85 90 40, poste 160	



-- 
Vanessa Conchodon
SMIE
7 rue de la Chapelle
93160 Noisy le Grand
France
Tel: 01 55 85 90 40, poste 160	




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