[syslinux] failed when boot the kernel image on the hard disk from syslinux on a floppy

[H. Peter Anvin]

Hu Jia Yi wrote:
> After formatting a floppy to MSDOS format and using  syslinux /dev/fd0,
> I successfully installed ldlinux.sys to the root directory of the
> floppy.
> 
> Then I created a syslinux.cfg  under the root directtory of this floppy
> to load the linux kernel in my first hard disk, 3rd partition, boot
> folder. The file system
> 
> of this partition is ext3. The floppy has a FAT file system. This config
> file is listed below.
> 

Oh yes, it might be that the easiest option for you is to use extlinux, 
and drop the FAT partition, too.

	-hpa