[syslinux] Windows on IDE, Linux on SCSI, bad BIOs can syslinux help?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jago Pearce wrote:
> Hello to the list!
> 
> Someone said I could use syslinux to get GRUB to boot SCSI and/or IDE.
> 
> My problem is that I have Windows on IDE (XP) and Linux on SCSI
> (Ubuntu). When GRUB is on the SCSI drive it can't see the IDE drive,
> possibly because the BIOs doesn't support that. So I have to go into
> the BIOs and change the boot order on every O/S change.
> 
> Will I just have the same problem as using GRUB?
> 
> Any suggestions on how to get round this problem? Can I boot an O/S
> just to boot another?
> 

This is what you could do with either SYSLINUX or GRUB:

Set up a small partition (50-100 MB or so) on your IDE disk, mount it as 
/boot on your Linux, and install either GRUB or SYSLINUX/EXTLINUX on it. 
  Then set your BIOS to boot from the IDE disk.

	-hpa