[syslinux] installing syslinux on a fresh system (SATA)

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Mon Jan 13 02:29:30 PST 2014


On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Mau Z <zmau1962 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am building an embedded system (x86).
> I want to install syslinux on a fresh system.
>
> So, I am booting from a USB LINUX CD (Ubuntu 12.04 in this case).
> 1) I must have an ext2 partition (This is my application).
> 2) I understand that I must have a FAT partition (to install
> syslinux). Correct ?

1a) I presume your install target is not a USB disk?  If it is a USB
disk, be aware some systems don't like multiple partitions and/or
custom geometry.
1b) ext2?  Not necessarily.  There's also ext3, ext4, and btrfs.

2) No.  SYSLINUX covers FAT12/16/32, NTFS, ext2/3/4, btrfs and XFS.

> So, basically I understand that I must create 2 partitions.
> My disk is 4 GB of data, So I am thinking that the following
> partitioning is best :
> 1) 10 MB for syslinux + syslinux.config + bzImage
> 2) 3.99 GB for ext2

1) Don't forget your initrd files.

Presuming you're targeting a standard-style install, 4GB is probably
tight or too small.  Please consult Ubuntu docs for details.

-- 
-Gene


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