[syslinux] Intel DX79TO localboot problem with CentOS

[H. Peter Anvin]

Code doesn't just write itself...

Jonas Keidel <jonas at jonas-keidel.de> wrote:
>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>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/8/6 H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
>>>
>>>> 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".
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> So what about this topic? Do you think it can be implemented?
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>         -hpa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>

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