[syslinux] Re: Grub to Syslinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

Paul G Rogers wrote:
>>That should work, *IF*:
>>
>>a) hda5 is a FAT12/16 filesystem;
>>b) hda5 is <= cyl 1024.
>>
>>	-hpa
> 
> 
> I got thinking booting off a logical partition might not be allowed, so I
> changed the LEAF/Bering logical partition to a primary, hda4.  Then I ran
> "syslinux d:" from a Win98SE DOS-box to (try to) initialize the
> partition's boot record.  And added this from a DOS/Windows example to
> grub.conf:
> 
> title LEAF/Bering via syslinux
>         hide (hd0,0)
>         unhide (hd0,3)
>         makeactive
>         rootnoverify (hd0,3)
>         chainloader +1
> 
> But the boot failed in grub.  I'm also going the path of making grub boot
> LEAF-Bering directly, and I seem to have that part-way to working.
> 

As far as syslinux is concerned, it shouldn't make any difference, and 
all the hide/unhide/makeactive is redundant, too.

I can't comment on LEAF/Bering.

	-hpa