[syslinux] isolinux.cfg parsing issue

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Feb 24 14:30:32 PST 2010


On 02/24/2010 01:57 PM, gettinther wrote:
> 
> I used genisoimage to create the iso.
> 
> genisoimage -pad -l -R -J -v -v -V 'livecd' -A 'test' -b
> isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved
> -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o livecd.iso
> /home/me/Documents
> 
> I simply mounted the iso with mount -o loop name_of_iso /path/to/the/mount/point
> 
> I created 2 separate isos and simply joined them in one section prior
> to rebuilding the image.  I then ran the image in vbox to test both
> configuration.
> 
> the linuxrc contained inside the the initrd parses the /proc/cmdline
> with BASEIMG="${x#livecd=}" to find the squashfs image and invariably
> picks the first image in the isolinux.cfg
> 

Could you get me a copy of that iso?

	-hpa




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