[syslinux] Syslinux + Localboot

[Matthew Holevinski]

chain hd0 1 doesn't work
is that because all the machines i work on have sata drives?


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Matthew Holevinski <eylusion at gmail.com> wrote:
> Will that work with my BSS file? This is a usb thumbdrive with 1
> partition here is what my sys cfg looks like
>
> #DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
> DEFAULT menu.c32
> PROMPT 0
> TIMEOUT 200
> ONTIMEOUT pe
> MENU TABMSG *greeked*
>
> MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
> MENU TITLE *greeked*
>
> MENU COLOR screen   37;40
> MENU COLOR border   30;44
> MENU COLOR title    1;36;44
> MENU COLOR unsel    37;44
> MENU COLOR hotkey   1;37;44
> MENU COLOR sel      7;37;40
> MENU COLOR hotsel   1;7;37;40
> MENU COLOR scrollbar    30;44
> MENU COLOR tabmsg   31;40
> MENU COLOR cmdmark  1;36;40
> MENU COLOR cmdline  37;40
> MENU COLOR pwdborder    30;47
> MENU COLOR pwdheader    31;47
> MENU COLOR pwdentry 30;47
> MENU COLOR timeout_msg  37;40
> MENU COLOR timeout  1;37;40
>
> MENU WIDTH 80
> MENU MARGIN 10
> MENU PASSWORDMARGIN 3
> MENU ROWS 12
> MENU TABMSGROW 18
> MENU CMDLINEROW 18
> MENU ENDROW 24
> MENU PASSWORDROW 11
> MENU TIMEOUTROW 20
>
> LABEL pe
> MENU DEFAULT
> MENU LABEL ^1. DSR PE
> BSS vista.bss
>
> LABEL memtest
> MENU LABEL ^2. MemTest86+
> KERNEL /syslinux/memtest
>
> LABEL gdisk (Currently Doesn't work as it wipes the usb drive and not
> the hard drive)
> MENU LABEL ^3. Gdisk - Wipe Disk
> KERNEL memdisk
> append initrd=gdisk.ima
>
> LABEL INPD (unknown if works)
> MENU LABEL ^4. Initialize Primary Disk Drive
> KERNEL memdisk
> append initrd=INPD.ima
>
> LABEL win98
> MENU LABEL ^5. Win98 Boot Disk
> KERNEL memdisk
> append initrd=win98.ima
>
> LABEL RECO (not important)
> MENU LABEL ^6. RECO PointSec Recovery Tool
> KERNEL memdisk
> append initrd=reco.IMZ
>
> LABEL boothd (this fails with syslinux)
> MENU LABEL ^7. Boot First Hard Drive
> localboot 0x80
>
> LABEL bootFlop (ditto)
> MENU LABEL ^8. Boot Floppy
> localboot 0x00
>
> Those are currently most of the tools I use the most on my isolinux
> formatted cd's.
> So if I was to use chain I would modify my localboot 0x80 to something like
> chain mbr:0
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Miller, Shao
> <Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca> wrote:
>> Matt:
>>
>> _What_ isn't supported?  The LOCALBOOT option with SYSLINUX?  You must
>> have meant this, judging from your subject line.
>>
>> I think you'd enjoy looking at the chain.c32 module, and the bit of
>> documentation inside its source code at syslinux/com32/modules/chain.c.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> - Shao Miller
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On
>> Behalf Of Matthew Holevinski
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 16:47
>> To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa
>> Subject: [syslinux] Syslinux + Localboot
>>
>> I understand this isn't supported, but I was curious will it ever be,
>> and also
>> I use a hard drive wiping utility not dban and when i boot off my usb
>> stick and wipe the hard drive
>> it wipes the usb stick :(
>>
>> Matt
>>
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