[syslinux] DOS/Freedos: Can't use mkfloppyimg.sh or mkdiskimage for +8M images ( Solved)

[H. Peter Anvin]

Gaetan Lord wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I did found the problem, a combination of 2 factor.
> 
> 1- I taught that I did install the latest syslinux, but in fact it was
> the 3.36 version.
> 2- Thank to kevin Connelly, he point me to a problem he got with
> mkdosfs command. The default FAT16 do not work, but the FAT12 do. By
> adding -F12 to the mkdosfs command fix the problem. The default F16 do
> seem to work for <8M floppy image.
> 

The default is probably FAT12 for < 8 MB.

I didn't know FreeDOS had the "FAT12 only on floppies" limitation, I 
thought only older versions of MS-DOS did.

	-hpa