[syslinux] syslinux-3.36 Physical Floppy Disk Access Problem

[H. Peter Anvin]

Desmond Boyd wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using the pxelinux.0 and memdisk files from distribution syslinux-3.36.
> 
> I am no longer able to access the real floppy disk drive B: instead I just 
> get a mirrored copy of the emulated floppy disk A:
> 
> The default config file is as follows
> 
> label 1
> 	kernel memdisk
> 	append initrd=kd202.img
> 
> 
> I was previously using the sysliunx-3.20 distribution which gave me access 
> to the real floppy disk drive using drive B: with Emulated Floppy Disk as 
> Drive A:.
> 
> Do I need to add any additional switches to the append line to enable the 
> latest version to enable me to access the real floppy disk drive?
> 

That should still work.  I don't know why it would be broken for you now.

Please try the intervening versions, including prereleases, so we can
figure out where it broke.

	-hpa