[syslinux] Intel DX79TO localboot problem with CentOS

[Jonas Keidel]

I like to reactivate this topic because i don't see any changes at the last
time...
So what about the topic?


2013/8/9 Jonas Keidel <jonas at jonas-keidel.de>

> 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>
>>> >
>>> >> What about "chain.c32 hd1" or "chain.c32 hd1 swap"?
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > That's right, but due to our pxe environment we need a static entry
>>> which
>>> > handles both, booting from first and second hdd if one fails. localboot
>>> > does so.
>>> >
>>>
>>> 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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>>>         -hpa
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