[syslinux] Syslinux 6.03, kernel not relocatable.

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Nov 18 09:55:52 PST 2014


On 11/17/2014 12:55 AM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> 
> So one more question: why can one boot with a GRUB EFI bootloader
> but not with the SYSLINUX bootloader, using the same kernel?
> 
> More accurately, I know why: because of the aforementioned patch, but
> then, why is this test needed in SYSLINUX only?
> 

Because Grub boots the kernel in a "hostile" way (not using the stub.)

	-hpa




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