[syslinux] Syslinux: Multi-Disks [feature]

[H. Peter Anvin]

Luis.F.Correia wrote:
> 
> Until now it always has been possible to shrik a kernel down to 1.44 MB and
> also shrink the initrd image do a size which fits on one single disk. But
> I'm afraid that will not be possible anymore with linux 2.6.
> 
> A possible solution would be to teach the boot loader how to load a kernel
> image which is splitted over multiple disks. Something like:
> 
> 	Loading vmlinuz ............................................
> 	* Please insert next disk *
> 	Loading vmlinuz ............................................
> 	* Please insert next disk *
> 	Loading vmlinuz ............................  Ready.
> 	Loading initrd.img .....
> 	* Please insert next disk *
> 	Loading initrd.img ............... Ready.
> 
> That would be a _really_ cool syslinux feature. But please don't ask me to
> send you a patch - I've not been writing real-mode assembler for over ten
> years now ....
> 

This is a frequently requested feature.  However, it's a rather painful 
one to implement, and I don't know if I'll ever get around to it (before 
floppies finally vanish... good riddance, too) unless someone chooses to 
sponsor it as a project... unfortunately it's a pretty uninteresting 
project to me, and I'm up over my ears already...

	-hpa