[syslinux] LOCALBOOT

[H. Peter Anvin]

Chris Williams wrote:
> Hi, 
> I'm trying to get the LOCALBOOT option to work with syslinux. I have a
> bootable USB that boots using syslinux and when ever I select the localboot
> label it says that it could not find the kernel image. This is my syslinux
> set up
>  
> LABEL start
>    localboot 0x80
>  
> and when I type "start" at the boot prompt this is what I get back
> "Could not find kernel image: start"
>  
> Is this possible to do when booting from a USB? And  if so what am I doing
> wrong?

It is a bit tricky when dealing with USB devices, since the BIOS will 
often renumber the hard drive 0x81.  In general, chain.c32 works better 
than the "localboot" command, but the above should either work or reload 
syslinux from the beginning (depending on what your BIOS thinks drive 
0x80 is.)

chain.c32 has additional features, like being able to select drives by 
MBR signature.

	-hpa