[syslinux] Adding a "boot from local hard disk" option to syslinux menu, booted from USB

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Sat Oct 20 11:38:53 PDT 2007


Geert Stappers wrote:
>>
>>> The problem is, if it doesn't make the proper hard disk available as
>>> another drive number, the only way out would be to invoke the BIOS
>>> Boot Specification interfaces, to boot a different device. Right
>>> now I don't have code for that.
>> Thanks for the info.. Maybe you'd have a link where
>> something like that is discussed? 
>>
>> Well, any suggestions on how to make this work would
>> be greatly appreciated.. 
> 
> I do see the offer for help, also the request for more information.
> 
> As I understand the request, is it about information of a perticular
> BIOS. As far as I known has this project no pointers to BIOS specs
> (yet ;-)

First hit on Google...

http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/56E38DE2-3E6F-4743-835F-B4A53726ABED/0/specsbbs101.pdf

	-hpa




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