[syslinux] Strange Boot-Process with help of memdisk

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20090919 om 15:58 schreef reg at krautmann.net:
> Hi group,
>
> I have a linux-system on a physical CD-ROM. I want to boot this CD-ROM  
> via PXE, because this linux-system doesnt support PXE native.
>
> My idea was the following.
>
> * Creating a 50MB Harddisk-Image with help of QEMU.
> * Partitioning tis Harddisk-Image with FAT.
> * Copyying all the files of the physical boot-CD to the virtual HD-Image
>   (The physical boot-CD contains already a isolinux.bin file)
> * Booting the virtual hd-image with help of PXE
> * Starting the installation Process by the isolinux.bin file
>
> Is this possible, because I think it is not possible to boot virtual  
> CD-ROMS by memdisk.

There is "MEMDISK-ISO".
What I understand from it, is that it is MEMDISK for CD-ROM images.


Cheers
Geert Stappers