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

Tal Lubko tallubko at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 25 12:50:24 PST 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: poma [mailto:pomidorabelisima at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 1:30 PM
> To: Tal Lubko; 'H. Peter Anvin'; 'Celelibi'
> Cc: 'For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa'
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Embedding com32 modules and ldlinux.sys into
> one file
> 
> On 19.01.2016 09:07, Tal Lubko via Syslinux wrote:
> ...
> 
> > 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?
> >
> 
> MultiFS pro tempore with QEMU/SeaBIOS only
> http://bugzilla.syslinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67
> 

Hi Poma

I'm trying to test MultiFS support but not sure how to do it.
How do I apply the MultiFS patch?

I've seen some e-mails talking about integrating it some branches but I'm
not sure it we done.

Thanks,
Tal



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