[syslinux] 2 disks boot

ZIGLIO Frediano Frediano.Ziglio at vodafone.com
Mon Dec 15 09:27:13 PST 2003


Hi all!
It's my first message on this ML.
I just installed Fedora Core and I had a small problem... kernel +
initrd do not fit in a 1.44 disks...

I looked at documentation and at code (kernel.inc) and I saw that
syslinux
- load kernel
- load initrd
- boot kernel
So perhaps a small workaround for above problem should be to add a
configuration to initrd (ie initrd=@initrd.img) to just ask to replace
the disk, and wait a key press and then load initrd from second floppy.
I know some changes are required (remove '@' from kernel command line,
test if disk/initrd is present and if not ask for correct disk) however
that doesn't seem too complicated...
At the moment I'm quite busy but if you want I can propose a patch (I
hope when next year starts)...

freddy77




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