[syslinux] Bootable CD for booting of USB HDD

[Luciano Rocha]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 02:05:46PM -0700, Kim Mik wrote:
> > Yes, if the kernel on the CD supports kexec. But then, you'll have to
> > make a costumized initrd that, after finding the root device, executes
> > the kernel and initrd there, with options extracted from extlinux.conf.
> 
> Such a kernel (with init program) exists. It is called kexec-loader:
>   http://www.solemnwarning.net/kexec-loader/
> 

I have a custom initrd that also parses grub, syslinux and lilo, though
I haven't maintained it for a while.

Thanks for the link.

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