[syslinux] dual disk netboot approach

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 22:38 -0400, Gene Cumm wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 21:54, Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz at cmu.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 00:16 +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> My challenge is to run Linux on a computer
> >> where I don't dare to touch the Microsoft Windows harddisk.
> 
> > You may be able to accomplish your goal with a slightly more hideous
> > alternative.  In ISOLINUX only, the 'localboot' command supports an
> > option to boot from a particular local disk, by providing a BIOS drive
> > number.  So, try using PXELINUX to load MEMDISK and a CD-ROM image
> > containing ISOLINUX and a config file that chains to your second disk.
> 
> What about chain.c32?  This can load boot sectors from MBRs and VBRs
> (Volume) and offers far more flexibility than ISOLINUX's LOCALBOOT.
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Comboot/chain.c32

Oh, yes; I forgot about that.  That's a better answer.