[syslinux] Intel DX79TO localboot problem with CentOS

[Jonas Keidel]

2013/8/7 Jonas Keidel <jonas at jonas-keidel.de>

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> 2013/8/6 H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
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>> On 08/05/2013 11:29 PM, Jonas Keidel wrote:
>> > 2013/8/6 H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
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>> >> What about "chain.c32 hd1" or "chain.c32 hd1 swap"?
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>> > That's right, but due to our pxe environment we need a static entry
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>> > handles both, booting from first and second hdd if one fails. localboot
>> > does so.
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>> Actually this does highlight an issue with chain.c32... there really
>> should be support for "try this, check X, then that".
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> Can that be implemented? Because i think that is a must-have feature of
> chain.c32 to test if there is a bootable sector on first hdd --> boot from
> that.
> If not it should try to look for a bootable sector on the second hdd and
> try that.
> if both don't work it should abort. At current state it always aborts if
> the given hdd (hd0 or hd1) is not bootable.
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So what about this topic? Do you think it can be implemented?


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