[syslinux] [Fwd: Re: extlinux reports "./extlinux: path /media/disk doesn't match device /dev/sda4"]

[H. Peter Anvin]

Casual Programmer wrote:
> 
> The idea is, that the root directory "/" will always
> be on the system disk, so I just added a pass to find
> the "devname" belonging to "/" then 
> proceeding as normal. If the devnames for "/" and the
> target directory match, extlinux aborts indicating
> this fact.
> 

This is completely and totally bogus.

If extlinux is the system bootloader, then often what you call the 
system partition will be the one that should have extlinux installed on it.

	-hpa