[syslinux] syslinux installation issues

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/08/2009 09:34 AM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> I've recently returned to working on FreeDOS again after quite some
> time, and read about an unmerged MEMDISK branch that allows to boot
> DOS-based ISOs. This seemed quite usefull to me as it allows for faster
> modifications to my code/scripts/disklayout.
> The general idea was to install Syslinux 3.83 to harddisk, then add the
> modified Memdisk from that boot-land forum, as well as my ISO. In the
> end this turned out to be working fine.
> 
> However, getting recent (3.83) 'syslinux.com ' DOS program to perform a
> succesfull SYSLINUX C: was a horrible nightmare in VMware Workstation
> 64bit under Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. I kept getting a 'syslinux sector
> reading error' message all the time. Situation was solved by getting a
> MSDOS 6.22 bootdisk from bootdisk.com, then performing Fdisk and Format
> in my virtual machine (FAT16 thus) to get a full 1GB harddisk with a
> single 1GB primary FAT16 partition, then 'syslinux.com c:' (syslinux
> 2.11) then again 'syslinux.com C:' (syslinux 3.83). After that I added
> the remainder of the files (memdisk, my iso, and syslinux.cfg) to get
> into a working state.
> 

syslinux.com is for DOS-based operating systems only.

syslinux.exe is for NT-based operating systems.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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