[syslinux] Booting Variation

[Gene Cumm]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 15:11, Roman Gelfand <rgelfand2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I couldn't find syntax for this.   Could you point me to sample
> configurations.  If not,  would the configuration below work?
>
> label bls
>  menu label Normal
>  kernel vmlinuz
>  append /mylive/syslinux.cfg

No.  Please read doc/syslinux.txt (the primary documentation).  Try:

LABEL bls
  MENU LABEL Normal
  CONFIG /mylive/syslinux.cfg
  APPEND /mylive

In 4.xx, this will also change your current directory.

> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:09 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>> On 03/29/2011 10:07 AM, Roman Gelfand wrote:
>>> Is syslinux 4 downward compatible?  Also,  if I have a disk which uses
>>> 3.86, to upgrade, can I just copy over syslinux 4's ldlinux.sys?
>>
>> No, you need to re-run the installer and replace all *.c32 modules.
>>
>> Other than that it should be compatible.
>>
>>        -hpa
>>
>>
>> --
>> H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>> I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.
>>
>>
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