Hi, I had the same problem last week. I got it work when I used an old syslinux (the one from Daschtein Utils).
I think that the problem is with newest version of syslinux, but could get confirmation from the syslinux group. Nick "S Mohan" wrote: > > I'm home at last. I did a mixture of things. I > downloaded DOS6.22 floppy > from putergeeks.com, extracted my old syslinux 1.75 > (dos version) into the > same boot floppy and made my CF /dev/hda1 as suggested > by Luis (Hail O > King - my saviour). Lo and behold it went thro' like a > hot knife thro' > butter. syslinux did not complain at all. I did an > xcopy /s of my D: (hard > disk) to my C:(CF) and a reboot saw my machine happily > boot from the CF. > > Now that I'm home, I'm puzzled why it did not work when > my hard disk was c: > and cf d:! > > Any pointers from the syslinux group on this please? > > Mohan > -----Original Message----- > From: Luis.F.Correia > [mailto:Luis.F.Correia@;seg-social.pt] > Sent: 05 November 2002 16:28 > To: 'S Mohan' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [syslinux] CF Boot media creation > > > You have replied to the wrong list :) > > Btw, > > Do this, boot with a dos floppy having only the flash > as hda1. > after booting dos, run syslinux -s c: > > (you need to get syslinux compiled for dos :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Mohan [mailto:smohan@;vsnl.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [syslinux] CF Boot media creation > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Mohan [mailto:smohan@;vsnl.com] > Sent: 05 November 2002 16:13 > To: Luis.F.Correia; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] (no subject) > > > I know that is the proper way. Unfortunately, I'm stuck > and am mad at myself > for that. > > Error message: > > ERROR 440D: Unable to lock drive for exclusive access - > when I use syslinux > 2.00 from freshmeat. the last time, I used syslinux > 1.75. > > Mohan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:leaf-user-admin@;lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf > Of Luis.F.Correia > Sent: 05 November 2002 15:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] (no subject) > > > No, you run syslinux to create the boot sector ON the > CF. > > Read the docs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Mohan [mailto:smohan@;vsnl.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:59 AM > To: Luis.F.Correia; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] (no subject) > > > Latest syslinux 2.00 stable version from freshmeat. Are > the programs that > will just copy boot sectors or create boot sectors for > /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2 > etc.. that I can simply copy with a dd command? > > Mohan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:leaf-user-admin@;lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf > Of Luis.F.Correia > Sent: 05 November 2002 15:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] (no subject) > > > What syslinux version have you tried? > > I had only success with version 2.00-pre6 (at the time) > Version 2.00 has just come out, give it a try and test > it! > > What is the exact error given by syslinux? > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Mohan [mailto:smohan@;vsnl.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [leaf-user] (no subject) > > > I've been at this point before and did get some help. > I've got stuck at this > point again. I'm in search of an workable elegant > solution. > > When I started with leaf, I wanted to install it on a > hard disk. When I used > syslinux dos version, I got an error saying cannot get > exclusive access. I > was told I must use DOS6.22 Fdisk. I did and my problem > got solved. I then > got a ATA PCMCIA Flash drive on which I used a 8MB > PCMCIA SANDISK flash > card. It went thro' without a problem. I've a set-up > machine which has a > hard disk with a 16MB partition on which leaf is > installed. I boot with a > DOS floppy, execute syslinux to install MBR on the > flash and then boot leaf > off the HDD(/dev/hda1) and backup to the flash > (/dev/hdc1). I then disable > the hard disk in the bios and check if I can boot off > the flash. So far so > good. > > I got a IDE CF adaptor recently. The CF card is a 32MB > card. It gets > formatted to FAT16 when formatted using DOS. I think > DOS6.22 uses FAT12. I > checked syslinux site and it says we can boot off FAT12 > or FAT16 partitions. > Problems occur only when cylinder count > 1024 or > cluster size > 16kb. I > remember Guitarlynn's oft repeated comment in the > mailing list that syslinux > gives a problem if partition is > 24MB. > > I also tried Ranish Partition Manager to format the CF > card in FAT12 mode. > Still syslinux gave the same error. Syslinux unix > version executed under > leaf gives a grsec and segmentation fault. > > Now I'm beginning to pull my hair out. I know I can do > "dd if=/dev/hda > of=/dev/hdc bs=512 count=1" to get the boot sector from > HDD to CF. Then my > CF should become hda1. > > I tried the fdisk.lrp, installed fdisk on leaf and went > thro' that fdisk too > to create the partitions. Same result. > > Is there an easier method? Am I missing something very > trivial? Can a more > experienced person create a script or a program to do > this off leaf? > > I did not fight with the system for so long the first > time around. If FDISK > with DOS6.22 alone is the issue, I'm stuck in trying to > locate one. Is there > another alternative? Is mkfs.msdos available in leaf? > > Bye > S Mohan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm > Tungsten T handheld. 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