[syslinux] Syslinux with two-disk set (boot+root )

[Mike Jones]

I'll try that.  CD-ROM won't work because some of my clients don't have
CD-ROM drives...

Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:32 AM
> To: Mike Jones
> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Syslinux with two-disk set (boot+root )
>
>
> Mike Jones wrote:
> > Hmm, you're right.  It's not needed.
> >
> > Aside from that I still don't understand what you meant here:
> >
> >>prompt_ramdisk is a kernel option, not a SYSLINUX option.  The kernel
> >>should support it if suitable configured.
> >
> > You seemed to imply that if my kernel was configured correctly,
> I could pass
> > the ramdisk options to the kernel via syslinux.  Did I misunderstand?
> >
>
> That's right.  prompt_ramdisk= is one such option, however, the initrd=
> option, which is an option to SYSLINUX, not the kernel, would have
> already generated an error.
>
> Try dropping that one and see what happens.
>
> 	-hpa
>
>
> P.S. Have you considered using a CD-ROM instead?
>
>