[syslinux] localboot from specific partition

Alexander Heinz mailsanmich at gmx.li
Tue Sep 13 02:51:09 PDT 2005


> my config is as follows:
> 
> /dev/hda1    NTFS 
> /dev/hda2    swap
> /dev/hda3    linux
> 
> i plan to install separate bootloaders on /dev/hda1 (the ms loader)
> and /dev/hda3 (linux default start)!
> 
> how can i (using the pxelinux config file) reference the localboot
> option to the specific partitions!
> 
> I tried like localboot 0x80 for first and 0x82 for third partition,
> but it seems that pxelinux just redirects me to the MBR!

use chain.c32.

e.g.

LABEL hda3
     MENU LABEL 3rd partition on 1st HDD
     KERNEL chain.c32
     append hd0 3

Cheers
Alex




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