[syslinux] dos universal packet driver

Ian McDonald iam at st-andrews.ac.uk
Wed Mar 18 16:11:04 PDT 2009


Anthony Hare wrote:
> Still no luck.  Dos issue (autoexec.bat or config.sys??)?
> 
> Saw this from a previous discussion but not sure what it all means..
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/syslinux/users/8715
> 
> Pierre wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps with :
> 
>> Kernel memdisk
>> Append keeppxe initrd=mm.ima raw
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of Pierre
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:29 PM
> To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] dos universal packet driver
> 
> Anthony Hare a écrit :
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to boot using syslinux into dos and run the ghost multicast
>> using the universal packet driver (undipd.com).
>>
>> I have an image created through the ghost boot wizard and have played
>> around with modifying the size (3840) and boot sector (win 95/98) but it
>> gets the error invalid system disk.. I am using -
>>
>> <snip>
>> Kernel memdisk
>> Append keeppxe initrd=mm.ima
>>
>> Anyone tips on how I can fix this?  Anyone doing this successfully?  
>>
>> Thx,
>> A
> 
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My (rather tired at the moment) memory suggests to me that if it's not a 
standard floppy size, things get confused, and treat it as a hard disk, 
thus needing an mbr, partition table etc.

I could of course be completely wrong. I'm sure someone will correct me 
if I am :)

-- 
ian




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