[syslinux] mdiskchk and WinPE

[Shao Miller]

On 7/6/2014 01:55, Ady wrote:
>
> I can see 1 branch in Shao's git repo that might be relevant:
>
>   mdiskchk_win
>
> [quote]
>
> mdiskchk.exe will be the Windows counterpart for the DOS version
>   mdiskchk.com.  The purpose is to be able to scan low memory for
> instances
>   of Syslinux' MEMDISK and report these instances' parameters to a
> user
>   or batch file.
>
> Under Windows, we will use the pmem.sys driver to scan physical
> memory.
>   If the driver is not installed, we will install it.
>
> [/quote]
>
> This seems to be somewhat a work-in-progress "compatible" with
> Syslinux 4.06, YMMV.
>
> So you would need pmem.sys and mdiskchk.exe, to be tested under WinPE
> 32-bits.
>
> There is an additional branch in Shao's git repo, "mdiskchk_winbin",
> including a mdiskchk.exe binary for test (although no pmem.sys).
>

Thank you, Ady.  I'd totally forgotten that this was all completed. 
This mdiskchk.exe is true to its word: If the pmem.sys driver is not 
installed, mdiskchk.exe will install it.  No need to go looking for it; 
it's embedded. :)

- Shao Miller