[syslinux] memdisk on sony vaio (phoenix bios)

[H. Peter Anvin]

mark pryor wrote:
> 
> Along comes a new Sony Vaio (VGN-FZ140E) with a Phoenix bios and none of the memdisk floppy images work -- they hang. My linux kernel based images still boot fine.
> 
> When this happens, what is a good strategy? So far I've tried:
>  -- looking for the latest bios (Sony seems to hide the location for this)
>  -- upgrade to the latest Syslinux (moving from 3.10 on fc5 to 3.51 from zytor)
> 
> is there some generic weakness with any Phoenix bios?
> 

Given that more than half of all the BIOSes in circulation are Phoenix, 
there definitely are -- but that means absolutely nothing.

I haven't gotten any specific information about VGN-FZ140E having 
issues; if anyone else has information about that I would appreciate 
knowing.

	-hpa