Whichsys.c32

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whichsys.c32 is a COM32 module for Syslinux that selects which command to execute, based on the Syslinux bootloader variant from which it is run.

It is available in Syslinux 4.02 or later.

Usage

whichsys.c32 [-iso- command] [-pxe- command] [-sys- command]

Examples

  • Using additional COM32 modules:
When booted from Execute this action
ISOLINUX Boot the first hard disk
SYSLINUX Boot the second hard disk (that is, the internal hard disk when your USB drive is detected as hard disk 1 by the BIOS) and swap drive numbers
whichsys.c32 -iso- chain.c32 hd0 -sys- chain.c32 hd1 swap
COM32 whichsys.c32
APPEND -iso- chain.c32 hd0 -sys- chain.c32 hd1 swap
COM32 whichsys.c32
APPEND -iso- localboot.c32 -1 -sys- chain.c32 hd1 swap 
COM32 whichsys.c32
APPEND -iso- LOCALBOOT -1 -sys- chain.c32 hd1 swap 

See also Config#LOCALBOOT and chain.c32.


  • Load a specifc config file for each bootloader:
COM32 whichsys.c32
APPEND -iso- CONFIG iso.cfg -sys- CONFIG sys.cfg -pxe- CONFIG pxe.cfg
whichsys.c32 -sys- config.c32 sys.cfg -iso- config.c32 iso.cfg
COM32 whichsys.c32
APPEND -sys- COM32 config.c32 <path/to/>sys.cfg -iso- COM32 config.c32 <path/to/>iso.cfg
  • Load a specifc LABEL entry (from the same config file) for each bootloader:
COM32 whichsys.c32
APPEND -sys- label4sys -iso- label4iso
where "label4sys" and "label4iso" are additional LABEL entries in the same "cfg" file as the whichsys.c32 statement.