[syslinux] syslinux from logical partition and chainloaded by GRUB?

[Dr. Tilmann Bubeck]

Gerth,

thanks a lot for this important information. I will check this out and 
then try to point GRUB upstreams and Fedora packager to this patch.

Kind regards,
  Till

Am 08.12.2010 17:43, schrieb Gert Hulselmans:
> Dr. Tilmann Bubeck wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I try to use syslinux to boot a Fedora 14 Live System from a logical
>> partition (sda5). However, this does not work. I get a "boot error". To
>> boot from that partition I use grub with "chainloader +1" from the
>> logical partition.
>>
>> Here is my partition layout and the different bootloaders.
>>
>> /dev/sda     MBR from GRUB
>> /dev/sda1    partition containing only GRUB
>> /dev/sda3    syslinux successfully
>> /dev/sda4    extended partition
>>     /dev/sda5  syslinux not able to boot
>>
>> I succesfully used syslinux from a primary partition (sda3).
>>
>> Is syslinux capable of booting from a logical partition if chainloded by
>> GRUB?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>     Till
>>
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> The problem is with grub, not with Syslinux:
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=5142693#5142693
>
> Logical-partition-residing bootloader chainload patch for GRUB Legacy:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/230905
>
> - Gert Hulselmans
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|       | dr. tilmann bubeck               reinform medien- und       |
|       |                                  informationstechnologie AG |
| rein  | fon  : +49 (711) 7 82 76-52      loeffelstr. 40             |
| form  | fax  : +49 (711) 7 82 76-46      70597 stuttgart / germany  |
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|       | email: t.bubeck at reinform.de      http://www.reinform.de     |
|       +-------------------------------------------------------------+
|       | pflichtangaben nach paragraph 80, AktG:                     |
|       | reinform medien- und informationstechnologie AG, stuttgart  |
|       | handelsregister stuttgart, HRB 23001                        |
|       | vorstand:     dr. tilmann bubeck (vorsitz)                  |
|       | aufsichtsrat: frank stege (vorsitz)                         |
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