Hello. I sent a message describing an odd bug I'm having with
syslinux.com. I didn't get a reply so I looked to see if it was
archived correctly. It seems the archives at http://
syslinux.zytor.com/archives/ are very incomplete, because I can't
find several of the recent threads listed there.
My original message follows:
I cannot install syslinux on my hard disk image. I believe it's a
bug but am not sure what could be causing it. Steps to reproduce the
problem:
(1) Create a zeroed disk image with 800 tracks, 32 sides, and 63
sectors or 825753600 bytes
(2) Fdisk and format it with "format.com /S C:" from windows 98SE
boot disk.
(3) Copy syslinux.com (tested version 3.11, 3.20, and latest
released) to C:\.
(4) Run "lock C:" and press "Y" (why is this necessary?)
(5) Boot drive and run "syslinux c:"
(6) Get "sector read error"
I am using qemu 0.9.0. I tried one other disk with a different
geometry and it worked fine.
If it's easier you can download the disk ready to boot at http://
devin.freeshell.org/syslinux-read-error.img.bz2
Thanks,
Devin Bayer
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syslinux.com. I didn't get a reply so I looked to see if it was
archived correctly. It seems the archives at http://
syslinux.zytor.com/archives/ are very incomplete, because I can't
find several of the recent threads listed there.
My original message follows:
I cannot install syslinux on my hard disk image. I believe it's a
bug but am not sure what could be causing it. Steps to reproduce the
problem:
(1) Create a zeroed disk image with 800 tracks, 32 sides, and 63
sectors or 825753600 bytes
(2) Fdisk and format it with "format.com /S C:" from windows 98SE
boot disk.
(3) Copy syslinux.com (tested version 3.11, 3.20, and latest
released) to C:\.
(4) Run "lock C:" and press "Y" (why is this necessary?)
(5) Boot drive and run "syslinux c:"
(6) Get "sector read error"
I am using qemu 0.9.0. I tried one other disk with a different
geometry and it worked fine.
If it's easier you can download the disk ready to boot at http://
devin.freeshell.org/syslinux-read-error.img.bz2
Thanks,
Devin Bayer
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