[syslinux] help

[Bernd Blaauw]

Op 4-1-2013 22:48, Prof S W Damle schreef:

>>   I have Win98se installed on C: drive. Following is the Directory
>> Structure on the floppy:

Copy your syslinux.cfg file somewhere safe, erase the floppy and start 
over all empty like Ady already suggested:
1) run Syslinux installer (preferably the .EXE , under WinXP)
1a) end up with LDLINUX.SYS, LDLINUX.C32 and bootsector filled
2) add your syslinux.cfg
3) add memdisk
4) add menu module + corresponding (LFN..) library files if they fit at 
all. If they don't fit, maybe Syslinux 5.xx is compatible with old-style 
*.c32 modules (doubt it, but who knows) which are smaller and don't 
require libraries. Stripping, non-debug builds and/or compression will 
also likely help future Syslinux-releases.
5) fall back to 4.06 series for now. No end-user benefit for now except 
more/better support. It's been a big code-rewrite from ASM to C.

The only way I see 5.xx fit on a floppy is to:
* prepare 2.88MB floppy image file on WinXP
* save and (g)zip-compress the floppy image file
* load it by Syslinux/Memdisk v4.06 from floppy