[syslinux] memdisk question

[Collins, Jeremy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com 
> [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of H. Peter Anvin
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:19 PM
> To: For discussion of SYSLINUX and tftp-hpa
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] memdisk question
> 
> Anthony Hare wrote:
> > 
> > I am using winimage, building a new image as a 2.88mb 
> floppy.. Adding 
> > the files and changing the boot sector to win 95/98 (I used 
> this link 
> > 
> http://www.911cd.net/forums//lofiversion/index.php?t10853.html to get 
> > my original unicast ghost image to work).
> > 
> 
> Ah.  Memdisk doesn't like an image that is shorter than the 
> medium it's supposed to represent.  You want to pad it out 
> with zeroes (or anything else for that matter) to 2,949,120 bytes.
> 
> > Not really sure if I am going about it in the right way so any tips 
> > are greatly appreciated..
> > 
> > Is there an easier way to build an image that will work 
> with memdisk?
> 
> I'm not all that familiar with Windows-based tools, being a 
> Linux person myself.  I know a lot of people on the mailing 
> list use Winimage, perhaps someone else can help out?
> 
> 	-hpa
> 

I'm using the Virtual Floppy Drive for Windows
(http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html) which is open
source. It creates a floppy drive you can mount images to, drag and
drop, and otherwise treat like a real disk. I downloaded a 2.88 floppy
image at some point in the past and have been erasing the contents and
making different disks from that file using this tool. 

I believe you can also create images with Build Floppy Image
(http://www.nu2.nu/bfi/), but I haven't tried that method and can't
vouch they work with syslinux.