[syslinux] syslinux installation issues

[Bernd Blaauw]

Op 8-11-2009 19:21, Miller, Shao schreef:
> Which OS was running when you performed the "SYSLINUX.COM C:" which
> failed with a sector read error?
>    

Whichever DOS I could get my hands on, starting with FreeDOS (kernel 
2039), then Win98 bootdisk (gave me disk locking error, not even LOCK C: 
helped), then MSDOS 6.22 bootdisk. Started with syslinux 3.83, then 
4.00alpha6 (or was it beta?), then 3.00 then 2.11.
I'm still not sure if I only need SYSLINUX.COM or also 
LDLINUX.SYS/LDLINUX.BIN in a directory whenever doing SYSLINUX C: To be 
sure I had all 3 files, though I suspect the syslinux.com might have the 
ldlinux.sys binary inside.
If the binary isn't inside syslinux.com, I'm wondering if I can mix old 
syslinux.com (from 2.11) with recent ldlinux.sys (from 3.83).

As syslinux 2.11 didn't support fat32 yet I decided to go for MSDOS6.22 
bootdisk, booted from it, performed FDISK, then FORMAT C: (without 
transferring system files) after reboot (as FDISK insists on it to make 
new partition visible to DOS/BIOS), then right away SYSLINUX C: from 
2.11 then same from 3.83. I might be able to work my way up from here to 
see what's happening, but prefer to keep current working situation 
rather than go experiment with fat32 etc. However if you got any testing 
recommendations or updated binaries I'm more than willing to create a 
new virtual machine and test the changes, see if things work better.