[syslinux] (no subject)

[Scott Latta]

I am trying to reinstall the os for crossbeam firewalls. You  
apparently have to use syslinux to reinstall it. I have no idea how to  
that. I have a tar.gz file that has everything on there I need, just  
have no idea where to start.

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On May 20, 2010, at 4:01 PM, "Sergii Kolisnyk" <kolkmail at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Please tell _which_ OS you have to reinstall? Vyatta?
> What will be your install media? (I think USB drive, either flash or  
> HD)
> Is the target platform really lacking DVD drive? May be you could
> borrow USB one.
> Are you able to setup DHCP/TFTP boot, such as Windows RIS/WDS?
>
> Best regards,
> Sergii
>
> P.S.
> Generic instructions for conversion of Bootable CD to USB media:
> 1. You should format your media as FAT32 and make it bootable.
> 2. Copy CD content to the root of your drive.
> (Or unpack ISO here with 7-zip/WinRar/Winimage/etc)
> 3. Set volume label to the same one as on CD.
> 4. Move isolinux folder content to drive root.
> 5. Rename isolinux.cfg at drive root to syslinux.cfg
> 6. Run syslinux.exe -ma with your drive letter.
> 7. Unmount it (safe removal) and enjoy!
>
> Steps are taken from .bat linked from here:
> http://www.megaleecher.net/Bootable_Kaspersky_Rescue_Disk
>
> If instead you need to write CD content into _internal_
> flash drive of your platform, you should:
> 1. Boot your platform with any live media of Linux or Windows.
> 2. Perform steps above against internal flash.
> 3. It could be easier to temporarily remove the flash and
> access it from your desktop.