[syslinux] Trying to multiboot bartpe & puppy linux on a usb flash with syslinux

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Sun Nov 15 02:31:03 PST 2009


Op 20091115 om 11:02 schreef Jernej Simon??i??:
> On Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3:46:18, Mr. X wrote:
> 
> > Next I mount the puppy iso and copy over the isolinux setup. Then I change
> > isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg, edit, and add these lines for bartpe
> 
> I successfully boot BartPE using this:
> 
> label bartpe
>         kernel chain.c32
>         append hd0 ntldr=/minint/setupldr.bin
> 
> label bartmem
>         kernel chain.c32
>         append hd0 ntldr=/sdildr
> 
> The first line boots BartPE directly off USB pendrive (you just need
> to copy the CD contents and rename i386 to minint), while the second
> line is for booting BartPE from ramdrive (sdildr is ntldr for ramdisk
> boot, you also need to prepare a .sdi image and winnt.sif and include
> ntdetect.com in the root of the pendrive). I used to use boot sector
> chainloading in the past, but it wasn't reliable - it worked on some
> machines and failed on others, completely randomly.

On the succesfull machine, how was the USB pendrive partitioned
and how was it formated?
Which version of Syslinux was used?
( and for the sake of complete overviews: On which operating system?)


Cheers
Geert Stappers




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