[syslinux] chain.c32 question

[H. Peter Anvin]

Tomas M wrote:
> I'd like to use chain.c32 to allow the computer boot from HARDDISK if 
> needed.
> 
> If I use isolinux and boot from CD, the following works OK:
> chain.c32 hd0
> 
> But if I boot from USB Flash Key, it sometimes work and sometimes it 
> doesn't and I have to use
> chain.c32 hd1
> (it seems BIOS assigns hd0 to the flash key sometimes, so the real 
> harddisk is hd1 in that case).
> 
> Is there any way to tell chain.c32 to SKIP the device chain.c32 is 
> running from? So it will skip hd0 here and proceed the next harddisk. Or 
> is there any other solution, except the one to create two menu entries 
> in syslinux.cfg with "boot from C: and boot from D:" ?
> 

In the 3.52-preX series you can tell it to chainload by MBR signature 
(bytes 440-443 in the MBR.)  However, you might have problems booting 
your other operating system from the second hard disk.

	-hpa