[syslinux] Possible memdisk issue

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jul 8 15:54:41 PDT 2014


On 07/08/2014 11:26 AM, Ady wrote:
>  
> It's interesting that you ask this, because every document related to 
> newmkfloppyimg.sh specifically recommends adding:
> 
>  floppy c=$CYLINDERS s=$SECTORS h=$HEADS 
> 
> to the MEMDISK arguments.
> 
> You might also want to add "raw" too.
> 
> There is a chance the resulting floppy image is not adequate anyway, 
> but I have not tested it.
> 

It would be important for floppies to know if the geometry that MEMDISK
guesses is the one that you actually intended.  This will be in the
information that was snipped out.

"h" and "s" are the most important parameters; "c" can almost always be
derived.

	-hpa




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