[syslinux] Manually copy over ldlinux.sys

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Thu May 17 12:48:30 PDT 2012


On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Ryan Kuba <ryankuba at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have everything worked out and functioning, except I see installing
> extlinux as an unecesarry step. The only thing I use the command for
> is to install the ldlinux.sys file to the /boot/extlinux/ folder.

Except you forget that ldlinux.sys and the VBR are patched by the installer.

> The rest of it is just a file copy.
>
> What manual step can I take to avoid the installation of
> extlinux/syslinux on the target machine.

If you want to pursue this (which I HIGHLY recommend against), I'd advice
you to read the source code of the installer and realize the complexity
involved.

> I would simply like to copy the ldlinux.sys file to that directory and
> ensure it is linked to the correct inode.

inode doesn't matter.

> Does anyone know how I can achieve this using standard posix tools?

I wouldn't.

-- 
-Gene



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