[syslinux] Is it possible to chainload EXTLINUX from GRUB?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Gavin D. Smith wrote:
> 
> Some further points to add to that last post. Trying to load extlinux 
> from the MBR supplied with syslinux (cat mbr.bin >/dev/hda), setting the 
> boot flag on hda5 failed. However, installing GRUB on the boot record of 
> hda4 (hda3 is the extended partition) and setting the boot flag on hda4, 
> mbr.bin manages to load GRUB. I think this is a lack of functionality in 
> mbr.bin (it can't see bootable logical partitions), which may or may not 
> be related to the other problems I've been having.
> 

Standard MBRs can only load primary partitions.  I have considered 
augmenting mbr.bin to handle recursive lookups of logical partitions, 
but haven't yet.

	-hpa