[syslinux] Boot sequence, isolinux then hd MBR

Wichetael wichetael at gmx.net
Thu Feb 13 07:15:34 PST 2003


You can use the localboot directive.

localboot 0x80

0x80 means the first hdd so in your case hda

btw does anybody know if it's also possible to chainload another cd drive??
I tried something like 0x81 when the CD drive was the primary slave, but
that didn't seem to work.

Regards,

Remko van der Vossen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Morten Karlsen" <morten.karlsen at taide.net>
To: <syslinux at zytor.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 15:46
Subject: [syslinux] Boot sequence, isolinux then hd MBR


> This bootloader is really nice, I'm getting closer to my goal ;)
>
> My CD currently boots the linux kernel with root fs somewhere on
> dev/hda, or you can select an initrd-based rescue/recovery partition on
> the CD.
>
> I would be more comfortable if I also could "chainload" or in any other
> way have "boot of hda MBR" as another option.
> Is this possible? How is it set up in iso/syslinux.cfg?
>
> Anyone??
>
> --
> Morten Karlsen,
> Technical engineer,
> Taide Network AS.
>
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