[syslinux] Syslinux fails with floppy emulation

[H. Peter Anvin]

Matan Levi wrote:
> I am trying to use syslinux on a floppy image to create a bootable CD.
> When I boot (on a number of computers) I only get "Boot error", using the
> image file on a floppy works.
> 
> I realize the correct way to do this is using isolinux with no emulation but
> but I need to do this with syslinux :(
> 
> I've looked into it and older versions of syslinux dont have this problem.
> From my research it seems as though this problem was introduced since EBIOS
> support was added (I think the reason is that before that, the code that searched
> for the first sector of ldlinux.sys actually scanned the file system and now, the offset
> is patched into the boot sector).
> 

That's total nuts.  Much more likely is that your El Torito BIOS detects 
as having EBIOS, but the EBIOS of course doesn't behave as it should on 
a floppy or hard disk.

I'll put this on my list of things to look at.  Can't promise it's 
anywhere near the top, though.

	-hpa