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

[Mau Z]

Thanks
It did not work.
I had also changed the label (just to be on the safe side).

Any advice?
Mau




On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:54 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:

> On 01/14/2014 10:34 AM, Mattias Schlenker wrote:
> > Am 14.01.2014 17:48, schrieb Mau Z:
> >>
> >> prompt 1
> >> DEFAULT linux
> >> LABEL linux
> >> SAY Now booting my first extlinux
> >> KERNEL /bzImage
> >> APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1
> >>
> >> but I got the same results........
> >>
> >
> > 1. Use "LINUX" instead of "KERNEL" to specify that a linux kernel
> >    should be booted
> > 2. "LINUX" or "linux" now should be treated as a reserved word (because
> >    of 1.)
> >
> >
> > So, this might work better:
> >
> > prompt 1
> > DEFAULT lnx
> > LABEL lnx
> > SAY Now booting my first extlinux
> > LINUX /bzImage
> > APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1
> >
>
> Syslinux doesn't have "reserved words" in quite that way.  Using "linux"
> as a label name is perfectly fine.
>
>         -hpa
>
>
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