[syslinux] Boot Linux from a LiveCD .ISO image

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Dec 29 08:33:28 PST 2006


James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to use loadlin or syslinux to boot from a LiveCD .ISO
> image that is stored on a FAT32 partition?
> 

This is an FAQ.  The answer is no, because although it would be possible 
to write a MEMDISK equivalent for ISO images, virtually all OSes would 
then fail after trying to talk to the CD-ROM drive directly.

	-hpa




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