[syslinux] Multiboot DVD with original bootscreens kept intact

[Gros Bedo]

It works ! Thank you so much !
I'll do a tutorial about this since all the tutorials I've come accross can't keep the original screen intact. This is the perfect solution and it was far more simple than what I imagined lol

Have a nice day !

> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:31:11 -0700
> From: hpa at zytor.com
> To: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Multiboot DVD with original bootscreens kept intact
> 
> Gros Bedo wrote:
> > 
> > ISOLINUX.CFG content:
> > 
> > DISPLAY boot.msg
> > PROMPT 1
> > TIMEOUT 100
> > DEFAULT main
> > LABEL main
> >   KERNEL menu.c32
> >   APPEND /ISOLINUX.CFG
> > 
> > ISOLINUX.CFG
> > is capitalized because the filename is that way and Linux is case
> > sensitive.
> 
> iso9660 isn't, though.
> 
> > In boot.msg you can place any message you want. APPEND
> > /ISOLINUX.CFG is the same as APPEND ISOLINUX.CFG in my case, it even
> > works better in fact (noticed less bugs when I have more complicated paths).
> > 
> > Now if you try this configuration, you'll
> > see that the first time it shows up the splash screen will show the
> > message, but after the other splashscreens won't. So how to do that ? I
> > need it in fact to keep the original messages from livecds bootscreens that can contain precious
> > infos. If there is another way I'm okay, but I would like to know if at
> > least it's possible. Maybe there is a way to combine Isolinux with GRUB ?
> > 
> > One more thing I noticed: even if you set PROMPT 1 the prompt will be disabled after the first screen. I think it could be because of "  KERNEL menu.c32", but I don't know what to replace this with.
> > 
> > I precise that I use the latest isolinux from syslinux v3.52.
> 
> This is a rather unusual request, but you can certainly do it by 
> changing "kernel/append" to "config /isolinux.cfg".
> 
> 	-hpa
> 
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