[syslinux] extlinux to boot linux from the second drive

akozlov at nada.kth.se akozlov at nada.kth.se
Tue Feb 15 23:58:03 PST 2005


Hi!

Can extlinux boot Linux kernel from the second drive?  I want to leave
Windows XP on the first IDE drive and put Linux to the first partition
(ext2/ext3) on the second IDE drive. I am allowed to change MBR on the
first drive. Will the following configuration work?

	/dev/hda1 - Windows
	/dev/hdb1 - Linux root (/, /boot, ...)
	/dev/hda  - extlinux in MBR
	/boot/vmlinuz

	extlinux /boot

/boot/extlinux.conf:

	LABEL win
		KERNEL chain.c32
		APPEND hd0 1
	LABEL lin
		KERNEL vmlinuz
		APPEND hd1 1

Thank you,
Alex.




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