[syslinux] memdisk image problems on shuttle hardware

[Geert Stappers]

Op 02-07-2008 om 21:53 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
> Andrew Stuart wrote:
> > boot: memdisk initrd=hitachi.imz pause
> > Loading memdisk...
> > Loading hitachi.imz........ready.
> > MEMDISK 3.70 2008-06-30 Copyright 2001-2007 H. Peter Arvin
> > e820: 0000000000000000 0000000000009f800 1
 <snip/>
> > Loading boot sector... press any key to boot... booting...
> > non system disk or disk error
> > replace and press any key when ready
> > 
> > If you didn't notice above, the copyright date for memdisk needs to be 
> > update :)
> 
> OK, I note this is a no-floppy system... that might be a source of the 
> trouble.  I should try disabling the floppy from one of my systems. 
> What models do you have?  (And where is this Hitachi image?)

The first posting in this thread had:
 http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG

|$ wget http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG
|--2008-07-03 09:14:45-- http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG
|Resolving www.hitachigst.com... 129.33.84.134
|Connecting to www.hitachigst.com|129.33.84.134|:80... connected.
|HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
|Length: 1474560 (1.4M) [text/plain]
|Saving to: `dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG'
|
|100%[======================================>] 1,474,560    422K/s   in 3.8s    
|
|2008-07-03 09:14:50 (375 KB/s) - `dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG' saved [1474560/1474560]
|
|$ file dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG 
|dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG: DOS floppy 1440k, x86 hard disk boot sector
|$ 

HTH

Cheers
Geert Stappers