[syslinux] Embedding com32 modules and ldlinux.sys into one file

Shao Miller sha0.miller at gmail.com
Mon Jan 11 16:20:20 PST 2016


Good day, Tal.

Perhaps if you describe a little bit more about the rationale behind 
this single-file requirement, someone might be able to make an 
alternative suggestion that you haven't thought of.

The BIOS- and disk-based Syslinux bootstrapping actually often has a 
filesystem-specific piece of code that lives in the filesystem's 
meta-data, as well as the primary file and COMBOOT32 modules that you 
are thinking of.  Because of that first piece, it's not really possible 
to have this kind of Syslinux as a single file.

But if you were to share a few more details, perhaps you're thinking of 
a PXE environment or a CD environment or a new filesystem or...?  Are 
you able to describe the sequence of boot-up events that occur before 
the point you are thinking of?

Yes, you can print debug-output from custom builds.

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Shao Miller
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