I've had problems with various versions of syslinux and certain drives previously. Sometimes when using 2 virtually identical computers (same mobo, floppy drive, cpu and ram) one will boot and the other won't. Generally I just grab a few different versions of syslinux and rewrite the boot sector until it works. You can get Syslinux here:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/ Or you could try booting solely from the CDR - if your BIOS supports that kinda thing. Makes boot up a lot faster. S >From: Ken Gentle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Leaf-user] Problem with DachsteinCD 'bootdisk.bin' >Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 19:43:40 -0500 > >Hello again. > >After successfully getting DachsteinCD running on a 486DX/16Mb, I thought >I'd try my luck on a "bigger" box, a P100/128Mb. However, I'm running into >a problem with the boot floppy. > >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? >2) Would duplicating the floppy distribution boot disk and re-populating it >with the packages and stuff from the CD distribution boot disk work? > >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... > > Thanks! > > Ken >========================================================================== >J. Kenneth Gentle (Ken) | Phone: (610) 255-0361 FAX:(610) 255-0418 >Gentle Software, LLC | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >========================================================================== > > >_______________________________________________ >Leaf-user mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
