> On the 486, both the Dachstien 1.0.2 floppy distribution and the > "bootdisk.bin" on a floppy from the DachsteinCD work like a charm. > > On the P100, the floppy distribution boots and goes about loading linux, > etc. However, when I try to boot from the DachsteinCD "bootdisk.bin" > floppy, syslinux reports 'boot failed' and nothing else happens. > > The only obvious difference that I see is that the Dachstein floppy > distribution is 'syslinux 1.62 2001-04-24' but the CD distribution is > 'syslinux 1.52 2001-02-07' > > Two questions: > > 1) Is this version difference a likely cause for the boot failure?
Yes. > 2) Would duplicating the floppy distribution boot disk and re-populating it > with the packages and stuff from the CD distribution boot disk work? Yes. > If not, how would I go about creating boot disk compatible with DachsteinCD > but with the newer syslinux? A pointer to RTFM would be just fine... You could also download & run syslinux. The download includes a dos program you can use to copy the newer syslinx bootloader to the floppy. Simply run the syslinux.com (maybe syslinux.exe, I don't recal exactly) command, and point it at your floppy drive with the (non-working) CD-ROM boot-disk. Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
