[syslinux] Replace grub with extlinux

[Face]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> wrote:
> Face <falazemi at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 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
>
> Did you remember to set the active flag on the /dev/hda1 partition?
>
> If that's not it, then I guess describing defining "without any luck"
> would help. Do you see any error messages?  Does it still boot grub?
> Exactly what problems do you see?
>
>
> Bjørn
>
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>

I did set the active flag on the /dev/hda1 and there is no error
message whatsoever . the thing i am not sure of is in the
extlinux.conf

    KERNEL /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34
    APPEND initrd=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.34  root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash

i use the same file to KERNAL and APPEND


-- 
Sincerely,