[syslinux] Can't boot Syslinux from HD directly. Can indirect ly?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Nazo wrote:
> 
> Honestly speaking, I'm not entirely sure what to do with that.  I
> presume it has to be compiled, correct?  I might be able to do that
> myself if you tell me what to type to actually do it.  ^_^  Never
> worked with assembly at all before (excluding one assembly command in
> one thing that literally does nothing.)  Not that I'm so great at
> C/C++ either, but, at least I know how to start.
> 
> Also, did you mean to try that with the latest version of Syslinux, or
> any particular other version?  I assume latest, but, I wanted to
> check.

Latest version.  If you let me know what flavor of the installer you 
need, I can send you a precompiled one.

Otherwise, to build:

	tar xvvfz syslinux-3.09.tar.gz
	cd syslinux-3.09
	patch -p0 < patchfile
	make

	-hpa