[syslinux] Booting using single image file

[Kent Robotti]

>    I know that syslinux doesn't currently support this, but does anyone
>here know how I might go about getting some sort of boot process
>together that would have a single firmware image as opposed to seperate
>files for initrd, kernel, and root fs?

It's not a syslinux issue.

You can use the initramfs feature of the 2.6 kernels to embed a initrd/rootfs
in the kernel.
 
When the kernel is booted it will recognize and setup the initrd/rootfs.

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