[syslinux] Syslinux/isolinux: is this possible?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Seth Kurtzberg wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> I've made this work, in a manner very similar to what you suggest, at least 
> with an IDE cdrom, and then a root file system pivot.  I haven't tried to 
> handle SCSI or other possible cdrom types, so it isn't a general solution; on 
> the other hand in the last several months I've only had one user complain 
> because it would only handle IDE cdrom.  With this configuration the kernel 
> and enought of an initrd file system to complete the process fits on a single 
> floppy.
> 
> You could build a kernel that also has the Adaptek SCSI drivers, which would 
> get you another sizeable set of machines that you could operate on.
> 
> So, while I agree with you that a general solution would be a lot of work, a 
> limited but still very useful solution is not difficult to construct.
> 

Compiling in a large number of SCSI drivers into the kernel isn't really 
that unrealistic, I don't think.  You may want to use ide-scsi, so that 
the CD-ROM ends up as /dev/sr0 regardless of type.

	-hpa