[syslinux] Booting Linux from Windows

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 06/03/2011 02:21 AM, Martin Stolpe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> because of Windows' hibernation bug I want to boot Linux using the
> Windows boot manager. I followed this guide:
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_BCD but unfortunately
> only "Boot error" is shown when I try to boot Linux.
> 
> Layout of the disk looks like this:
> /dev/sda1   *      0+     16-     17-    131072   83  Linux  (Linux
> boot partition)
> /dev/sda2         16+  35476-  35460- 284830720    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> (Windows partition)
> /dev/sda3      35476+  60801-  25326- 203423768    f  W95 Erw. (LBA)
> /dev/sda4          0       -       0          0    0  Leer
> /dev/sda5      35476+  36520-   1045-   8388608   82  Linux Swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda6      36520+  60801-  24281- 195033112   83  Linux (Linux
> root partition)
> 
> The boot flag is set to the Linux boot partition right now, because I
> booted into Linux.
> 
> Am I missing something here? How does the partition boot sector know
> where it has to search for the boot loader?
> 

What version of Syslinux are you using?  Versions before 4.03 has a
problem being booted off the Win7 MBR.

	-hpa