[syslinux] Re: Grub to Syslinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

Paul G Rogers wrote:
> I've been looking through my documentation, trying to cobble this thing
> together.  The hard drive looks like: hda1=Win98SE, hda2=swap,
> hda3=RHL7.2.  I'm thinking that making a small
> extended(hda4)/logical(hda5) partition for the "virtual floppy" would
> enable me to maintain it from the Win98SE system.  Windows would be happy
> with that.  As best I can figure if I point Grub to syslinux on the hda5,
> syslinux would carry on just as if it were still on the floppy?  Have I
> misunderstood how to put the pieces together?
> 

That should work, *IF*:

a) hda5 is a FAT12/16 filesystem;
b) hda5 is <= cyl 1024.

	-hpa