[syslinux] syslinux.exe, 5.01 on xp: Failed to load COM32 file, and more

[Gene Cumm]

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Regid Ichira <regid23 at nt1.in> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 04:51:52PM -0400, Gene Cumm wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Regid Ichira <regid23 at nt1.in> wrote:

> Without --force I get:
>     Not a removable drive (use -f to override)
> I tried now without --force, and to ignore the suggestion to use -f.
> It doesn't seem to work.  Without --force I didn't get the syslinux
> version message, nor the output of syslinux's display command.  XP
> booted as if the syslinux installation command was not issued.

OK.

>> > The line, and the contniuation slashes, are for clarity.  In reality
>> > it was on a single line.
>> >
>>
>> >   3. Result:
>> > Got a boot: prompt after displaying the cfg file.  But:
>> >
>> >     boot: xp
>> >     Failed to load COM32 file chain.c32
>>
>> Do you have any lib*.c32 files around?  Which ones?
>
> The syslinux directory has libcom32.c32, libutil.c32.
>
>> Tried manually loading libgpl.c32?
>
> Loading libgpl.c32 manually doesn't make a change.
>
>>
>> >     boot: memtest
>> >     Loading memtest86+.bin... ok
>> >     Booting kernel failed: Bad file number
>>
>> This works in 6.02-pre16.
>>
>
>   5.01 worked for me in the past.  I can't tell if reinstalling XP
> from scratch, or something else, broke it.  I was considering

> installing a newer syslinux version.  But it seems 5.01 is the last
> version for which there are premade binaries for XP.  I never built

It should be there.  If looking in 6.xx, look in the bios/
subdirectory first (ie bios/win32/ ).

-- 
-Gene