[syslinux] Syslinux + Localboot

[Gene Cumm]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Matthew Holevinski <eylusion at gmail.com> wrote:
> chain hd0 1 doesn't work
> is that because all the machines i work on have sata drives?
>

Currently I'm testing with my thumbdrive on a Dell OptiPlex GX620 BIOS
A11 (SATA HDD).  When I do "chain.c32 hd0" it boots to the thumbdrive
again.  If I try "chain.c32 hd1" it boots the hdd.  I also tested a
Dell OptiPlex GX260 (PATA HDD) with the same results.

I believe this is because if the active BIOS boot device is acting
like a hard drive, it is always the first.  If the HDD was the active
BIOS boot device, it would be first.  If you booted from a CD/DVD, the
HDD would be first.  If you booted from a ZIP drive, I think the HDD
would be the first HDD but I'm uncertain on this one.

>
> 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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