[syslinux] Syslinux search for config file

[Ady Ady]

> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:41:43 -0400
> From: gene.cumm at gmail.com
> To: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Syslinux search for config file
> 
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Tomas M <tomas at slax.org> wrote:
> > There is -d option to install syslinux to any directory (if you
> > remember, I sponsored it few years ago), but still the config file
> > needs to be in /boot/syslinux/ for example. This way, the default
> 
> No, that install directory should searched first. If this is not how
> it behaves, please post a reasonable bug report.
> 
> -- 
> -Gene
 
The whole point here is that the search path for the cfg file for 
ISOLINUX currently is:
1._ /boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
2._ /boot/isolinux.cfg
3._ /isolinux.cfg
4._ /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
5._ /boot/syslinux.cfg
6._ /syslinux.cfg
 
while for SYSLINUX the search starts at #4 from the above list.
 
So when the installation command is (using the example from Tomas):
 syslinux -i -d /slax/ /dev/sdb1
 
the search path for the cfg file doesn't include "/slax/" (nor any subdirectory of it).
 
So, no, the "install" directory is not searched, unless it is one of 
those mentioned in the above list. In other words, the root of the 
search is "/", not the "install" directory.