[syslinux] 6.02 won't boot XP. 6.01 works slowly, but successfuly.
Regid Ichira
regid23 at nt1.in
Wed Oct 16 19:15:33 PDT 2013
C:\syslinux>type syslinux.cfg
prompt 1
timeout 1
default hello
label xp
com32 chain.c32
append hd0 1 ntldr=/ntldr
label memtest
linux memtest86+.bin
label hello
com32 hello.c32
C:\syslinux>
syslinux command was:
syslinux.exe -a -d /syslinux -f -i -m c:
1. The syslinux copyright message is displayed quickly. Any other
actions by syslinux are terribly slow. It takes 2 to 4 minutes
for the boot prompt to get displayed. Then another 2 to 4
minutes for the command to be taken. I reported here the same
issue with 6.01, and possibly earlier versions.
2. 6.01 works slowly, but successfully. 6.02 works slowly, and fail.
With both 6.01 and 6.02, hello.c32 is reporting the malloc issue.
It takes a long time to run, but it does exit. In contrast to
6.01, the xp command for 6.02 reopts an
ERR: Couldn't read the first disk sector
I pressed ctrl+alt+del immediately afterwards. Was I wrong not to
wait a few minutes before doing that?
3. The following is mostly for the record.
I seldom reboot the machine. I think I have no malware. I do get
MS updates for XP. Some tools against malware are frequently
included within those updates. It is frequently strongly suggested
to reboot the machine in order for the updates to take effect.
Recently, I think that whenever these tools are run as part of MS
updates, the machine won't boot afterwards. I need to use the MS
fixboot tool first. Then, after being able to boot into XP, I can
reinstall syslinux 6.01, and reboot using syslinux.
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