[syslinux] Odd question: memdisk emulate multiple drives?

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Thu Aug 5 08:40:20 PDT 2010


Is it possible to have memdisk emulate multiple drives?

Here's why I'm asking: I have a Dell server that I replaced the
motherboard.  I want to reset the service tag to the correct tag for the
system, and the only way to do that is to run a Dell tool under DOS.  I
have downloaded the tool, but it is doubly-wrapped: a self-extracting
ZIP file (which I unzipped under Linux) which contains a "Disk eXPress
Self-Extracting Diskette Image".

My server has no floppy or CD, so I am PXE booting a DOS image with
memdisk.  I put the second self-extractor in the image and booted it,
but it deletes all the files on the floppy except for the extracted
file(s), leaving me with the old DOS prompt looking for COMMAND.COM.

I was thinking that if memdisk could emulate both drives, I could point
the extractor at the second drive (okay to delete everything), and then
run the extracted tool.

Any ideas?
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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