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

[Tal Lubko]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 9:17 PM
> To: Tal Lubko; 'Celelibi'
> Cc: 'For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa'
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Embedding com32 modules and ldlinux.sys into
> one file
> 
> On 01/19/16 00:07, Tal Lubko via Syslinux wrote:
> >
> > To summarize the answers, the option I see now are:
> >
> > 1) Exposing the bootloader in the BIOS as a (readonly) disk drive
> using standard BIOS or EFI interfaces (hpa suggestion).
> > This suggestion looks very promising. It probably requires some
> changes in the BIOS. I'm not sure if it requires changes in the
> bootloader.
> > There is one potential problem I see: the bootloader is stored on
> some flashrom chip and the Linux image is stored on a different storage
> device.
> > I think that right now the bootloader assumes they are stored on the
> same storage device. Am I wrong?
> > If I'm wrong, how do I tell the bootloader to load the Linux image
> from a different storage device?
> >
> 
> Why do you need this?  This seems like a strange requirement.
> 
> Why?  Because you want as much of the boot loader to be upgradable;
> this is a major reason why doing as little in the hard-to-upgrade BIOS
> makes sense.  If you have another storage device, why not use it?
> 
> 	-hpa
> 

Hi
Security.
Tal