I recall having trouble running one version of syslinux against my hard drive. I went to the source and got a different version of syslinux and it worked ok. (http://syslinux.zytor.com) I don't recall which version worked for me, and it would probably depend on your hard drive, but I think running it from linux worked better for me than from dos.
-Steve On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 09:51 AM, Dave Anderson wrote: > I am installing a diskonmodule in my LEAF Bering firewall. All is going > well, and I have Bering recognising the disk through the ide modules, > however, I'm having real difficulty getting syslinux on. I've tried a > dos > boot disk with syslinux 1.72. That wouldn't work, as even after 'lock > c:' > I'm still getting 'cannot get exclusive lock on disk' (with no option to > ignore) I tried three different Linux rescue disks (the system has no > CD-ROM), including Bering itself, with the syslinux.lrp package (I think > from Oxygen) All gave the same result - segmentation fault (maybe to do > with > glib versions I guess) > > Should I maybe use LILO? (Any tips about what should go in the > lilo.conf for > Bering?) > > Or does someone know of a syslinux version or setup that will work for > me? > > Many thanks > Dave > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We > supply > the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html