[syslinux] [Sugar-devel] Unbootable machine

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 08/30/2009 06:21 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> 
> Please read the following:
> http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-makebootfat.html#7
> 
> If you, after reading above, still feel that your questions are relevant
> (hint: I don't), then please elaborate on them.
> 

It's an interesting technique -- what he's doing is creating an MBR with
a fake FAT superblock.  What it does make me wonder is how many BIOSes
end up doing something stupid (e.g. go to a floppy-only mode where INT
13h AH=08h doesn't work right) instead of something right.

	-hpa

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