[syslinux] memdisk question

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jun 6 18:07:04 PDT 2008


Anthony Hare wrote:
> If the size of the original .img file is 1.60mb and the image cluster
> size is 8192, any idea on what params I would use?

A 1600K floppy image most commonly has the geometry c=80 h=2 s=20. 
Cluster size doesn't figure into it at all; that is a file system property.

> I originally just tried duplicating my other img file with winimage and
> have not had the success I had with it...

Try the above geometry and see if it helps.  If you have resized the 
image I would try changing only the cylinder count.

	-hpa




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