Re: [debian-knoppix] DOS boot image for syslinux
Hi Christian,
I just did a dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0. I then proceeded to boot win2k and read the files on the floppy. It is definitely DOS. I apologize to all for being alarmist but my original observations were correct. Despite this Andreas has correctly identified my clear lack of understanding with regard to MSs patents and I would like very much to read the texts of these myself but I am again "clueless" as to where to get them. Google only gave me links to the stories in the press which lead to my initial confusion.
All the best, "clueless Dan"
----- Original Message -----
From: Christian Perle <perle@itm.tu-clausthal.de>
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 2:54 am
Subject: Re: [debian-knoppix] DOS boot image for syslinux
> Hi Dan,
>
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:13:41 -0700, dan.graham@shaw.ca wrote:
>
> > I was curious now that M$ is exercising its patent rights on fat
> what> we can do about syslinux (isolinux). Each of our CDs
> contains a fat
> > filesystem image for boot with syslinux (boot-en.img) etc. and the
> > Redmond Vole is unlikely to freebe us on this one. Syslinux
> (isolinux)> only supports fat and we need to find an alternative.
>
> Isolinux does *not* use fat filesystem. It reads the kernel and initrd
> files directly from the CD (iso9660 filesystem). This is called "no
> emulation mode" (no image is needed to emulate a floppy).
>
> So isolinux could be used as a replacement with several restrictions:
> * Some BIOSes do not support "no emulation mode"
> * You cannot easily create a boot floppy for older machines
>
> bye,
> Chris
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