Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> 
> > fd0h1440 floppies boot as expected.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I'm working on a system that cannot boot from CD-ROM ;<
> 
> You could boot from a 1440 floppy and run from CD-Rom...I do that a lot when
> I'm testing (easier/faster to edit the floppy than burn a new CD!).

Yes, I do.

However, there ain't much room left for backing up stuff ;<

Hence my desire for larger formats . . .

> > This same system previously ran Edge/ThinLinux firewall on fd0u1680 and
> > fd0u1743 (when I could find media that would take this larger size) --
> > quite successfully.
> >
> > Now, regardless winimage (v6) or fdformat/mformat, larger formats take
> > 10-15 minutes to load root.lrp and linux -- and the resulting system is
> > *NOT* stable!
> >
> > No, there are no errors during boot.  Nor are there errors -- on these
> > floppies -- during format.
> >
> > Is this and issue with syslinux v1.62?
> 
> If it worked better previously, this could be a problem with syslinux 1.62,
> or your BIOS, or some wierd interaction between the two.  You might try
> using the syslinux version that worked well previously.

Is there any reason that you chose v1.62?

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