[syslinux] ISO cd image supported

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 05/13/2010 10:29 AM, Matthew Holevinski wrote:
> Well It appears to work, it must just be my iso...
> Entry #1 test
> LABEL erd
> MENU LABEL ^2. ERD Commander 5.0
> LINUX /boot/syslinux/memdisk
> INITRD /boot/images/erd50.iso
> APPEND iso
> 
> After it begins to load erd50.iso and does all of the periods across
> the screen for awhile it throws up a line or two at the bottom of the
> screen and immediately reboots an hp dc5850sff.
> 
> Entry #2 test
> LABEL erd
> MENU LABEL ^2. ERD Commander 5.0
> KERNEL /boot/syslinux/memdisk
> APPEND iso
> INITRD /boot/images/erd50.iso
> 
> ditto... it does the same thing, reboots after appearing to load the iso image.
> 

Most isos simply will not work this way, because after loading they will
go out and look for a physical hardware CD-ROM.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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