[syslinux] syslinux boot configuration tester

[Gene Cumm]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 17:59, Rance Hall <ranceh at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've begun working on a syslinux project with a portable usb drive.
> Up to this point I was a pxelinux.0 user only.
>
> My virtualmachine system (Oracle VirtualBox) can netboot so testing
> config file changes was no big deal.

The config syntax for SYSLINUX is identical (minus certain
variant-specific options) to PXELINUX.

> VBox is currently unable to boot from a usb drive despite
> documentation that says it is possible.
>
> Is there a windows based tool that can scan and test a syslinux
> configuration without rebooting the box and trying it all the time?  I
> thought of BOCHS or another tool like qemu, but having two such tools
> installed on the same machine can sometimes lead to trouble.

http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Common_Problems#Incorrect_Syntax
points to a way to check it.

Another idea is a disk image (floppy or HDD) with VirtualBox.

-- 
-Gene