[syslinux] Replace grub with extlinux
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falazemi at gmail.com
Mon Aug 9 23:51:15 PDT 2010
Hello all,
I am trying to replace grub with extlinux without any luck. I did
remove the grub from my root Partition and boot from a LiveCD. I
install syslinux and did those steps
Boot Partition:
mkdir -pv /mnt/sda1
mke2fs -jv /dev/hda1
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/sda1
Root Partition
export SDB1=/mnt/sdb1
mkdir -pv $SDB1
mount -v -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 $SDB1
SWAP Partition
/sbin/swapon -v /dev/hdb5
Installing extlinux to /dev/sda1
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1
dd if=/mnt/sdb1/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
install -d /mnt/sda1/boot
/sbin/extlinux --install /mnt/sda1/boot
Writing extlinux.conf file
export ExtlinuxConf=/mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux.conf
echo "DEFAULT AlDimnaOS" > $ExtlinuxConf
echo "LABEL AlDimnaOS" >> $ExtlinuxConf
echo " KERNEL /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-AlDimnaOS-0.0.0.1" >> $ExtlinuxConf
echo " APPEND initrd=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-AlDimnaOS-0.0.0.1
root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash" >> $ExtlinuxConf
echo " TIMEOUT 100" >> $ExtlinuxConf
echo " PROMPT 1" >> $ExtlinuxConf
Copy vmlinux to boot Partition
cp /mnt/sdb1/boot.old/vmlinux-2.6.34 \
/mnt/sda1/boot/vmlinux-2.6.34
any help would be greatly appreciated
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Sincerely,
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