[syslinux] Syslinux.exe 64 bits Windows

[Sergey Vlasov]

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:54:16AM +0200, MILI Nadia wrote:
> The main question is booting on Vista64, the syslinux.exe isn't recognized.
> 
> I'm thinking that comes from WinPE Vista 64bits not being a x86
> emulator, it's then impossible to run a 32bits process.

Yes, this is documented - WinPE does not support such emulation:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507857.aspx

| Because Windows on Windows (WOW) is not supported, 16-bit
| applications won’t run in 32-bit versions of Windows PE, and 32-bit
| applications won’t run in 64-bit versions of Windows PE.

> Is somewhere an existing version of syslinux.exe I version 64 bits ?
> 
> If not exists, is it possible to compile it in 64 bits mode, and with
> which tool ?

There is http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/ (not sure whether it is in
a working enough state currently), but the win32 code might need some
changes to make it work in the 64-bit mode.
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