[syslinux] some thinkpad data

[Ferenc Wagner]

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:

> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>
>> Btw. when I issued sys c: under FreeDOS (after booting the pendrive by
>> Syslinux under QEMU), it said:
>> 
>> Old boot sector values: sectors/track: 49, heads: 24, hidden: 49
>> Default and new boot sector values: sectors/track: 63, heads: 64, hidden: 49
>> 
>> Just to mention one more set of fake geometry values, which shouldn't
>> count, but perhaps do (for DOS, at least).  Fdisk reports the "old" set.
>> 
>> I reinstalled Syslinux, now strings /dev/sda1 | head -1 prints
>> FRDOS5.1, but QEMU boots Syslinux, so I'm rather confused...
>
> For DOS, the geometry values definitely matter, unless you mark the 
> partition with one of the LBA type values and use DOS 7.10 or later 
> (Win95 OSP2, I think.)

FreeDOS has its own (big) set of options regarding this.  But for
God's sake, why does QEMU start Syslinux when I see the FreeDOS
signature in the sda1 boot sector?  I'm getting mad...
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.