[syslinux] bootstapping linux from windows/windows shell

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Dec 11 09:08:38 PST 2007


Constantine Gavrilov wrote:
> I just had an idea. I think I can "tag"  linux kernel and ramdisk to a 
> single file and path that as a boot file to boot.ini.
> 
> It should work, since kernel is x86boot sector file type. This is 
> similar to an older solution -- how to put linux kernel and ramdisk on a 
> floppy without a file system or a boot loader. I can use existing 
> tagging solution (etherboot's mknbi, Intel PXE) or cook my own.

mknbi/mkelf is broken at the moment.

	-hpa




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