[syslinux] Converting from isolinux to extlinux

Dogsbody dan at dogsbody.org
Mon Mar 12 10:23:50 PDT 2007


>> cp /mnt/sda1/extlinux/isolinux.cfg /mnt/sda1/extlinux/extlinux.cfg
> 
> That should be "extlinux.conf".

Bingo!  That was certainly an issue! Thank you :-)

>> bin/extlinux -i /mnt/sda1/extlinux
>> cat syslinux-3.36/mbr/mbr.bin > /dev/sda

Do I need to do both of these?  I have been re-partitioning a few times 
as I have been trying out different things and have never needed to re 
copy the mbr.bin!?

> Note that even if you can boot, there is no guarantee that the OS 
> installer will be able to deal with not coming from a CD.  That's beyond 
>  syslinux' control.

I am now realising this, The good news is the extlinux part is working 
brilliantly as far as I can tell.  While it is now booting the kickstart 
is trying to read off the CD so I am now having to re-write that to read 
off the partition.

Thank you again for your help and thank you for a great application :-)

Dan





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