[syslinux] memdisk on sony vaio (phoenix bios)

[Geert Stappers]

Op 29-06-2007 om 18:27 schreef 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.

Euh, Desmond Boyd is also reporting about "memdisk and floppy access" issues.

/me