[syslinux] Unable to figure out extlinux

[Peter]

Yeah, the x86 clfs works great. Got it up and running pretty quickly. 
Step two is to build out the environment. I'm building a car computer 
HUD. The SBC is small low voltage AMD chip. Fanless and works in extreme 
temp environments such as what you might find in Chicago. Should work 
great for this.

Dyks, Axel (XL) wrote:
> Interesting! Operating Linux on an embedded device is one of
> the projects, I'd really love to do some day ...
>  
> Pete wrote:
>   
>> OK, been perusing the archives and Google, but can't find what I want. 
>> I'm building up a 512 MB compact flash using the CLFS directions ...
>>     
> Guessing: Cross Linux from Scratch?
> ==> http://cross-lfs.org/files/BOOK/1.0.0/
>
>   
Yeah, the x86 build out works like a champ.
>> build the filesystem. That works great, but I would like to use extlinux 
>> to make the cflash bootable on my little SBC.
>>     
> Guessing: SBC = Single Board Computer
> ==> Which manufacturer/model? 
>   
It's an x86 low power low voltage SBC for use in harsh temp 
environments, like a car.
>   
>> Attached is my extlinux.conf file and the steps I have used to make this 
>> work.
>>     
> Attachment?
> Which steps did you perform to actually _install_ the bootloader?
> By the way, the CLFS book explains how to use grub and not
> how to use syslinux/extlinux.
>
> Axel
>  
>   
The problem with lilo and grub is that they expect to be used in an 
environment that isn't cross compiled, and the drives tend not to 
change. In this case, I'm building the flash card out on a laptop and 
then moving it to the platform. It's too slow to actually build on, and 
to save space, I don't have a compiler anyway. Makes this part harder, 
but the rest is easier and faster (compiling on an AMD X2 4800 is faster 
than a 300 MHz AMD low voltage x86).

The steps were what I gleaned from the docs in the syslinux package. 
Still don't have it quite right, but hopefully I figure it out tonight.
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