[syslinux] sys/extlinux booting of kernel on different partition (two linux installs)

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/31/16 14:32, james harvey via Syslinux wrote:
>> No Syslinux variant can load items outside the current file system
>> space, yet.  SYSLINUX can't load anything outside its current block
>> file system.  ISOLINUX can't load anything outside its current ISO
>> image.  PXELINUX can only load network files.  Similar rules apply for
>> Syslinux EFI based on where it was loaded from.  There's a patchset
>> that will be put into a new branch shortly to extend this.
> . . .
>> multifs syntax was discussed recently.  (hdX,Y)/path/to/file
> 
> Thanks for your detailed reply.  These two statements confuse me.  Is
> multifs syntax just for the future, when a Syslinux variant can load
> items outside the current file system?  Otherwise, these two
> statements seem to conflict to me.

multifs is currently available in a git branch... you can think of it as
pre-alpha; probably will be promoted to alpha soon.

	-hpa