Syslinux - Jan 2005 - load syslinux from grub or load grub from syslinux.

Hello,

  I have to load a syslinux floppy image from grub using memdisk,
  it works like:

  grub - memdisk -> linux floppy image.
  the linux floppy image is using syslinux as linux bootloader.

  before syslinux 3.02, it works fine. However if syslinux >=3.05
  it doesn't works. After vmlinuz and initrd loaded , before
  boot linux kernel, system hangs.

  Or, is it possible to run grub from isolinux or syslinux ?

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Best regards,
 Merlin                            mailto:softlib at turbolinux.com.cn

Merlin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   I have to load a syslinux floppy image from grub using memdisk,
>   it works like:
> 
>   grub - memdisk -> linux floppy image.
>   the linux floppy image is using syslinux as linux bootloader.
> 
>   before syslinux 3.02, it works fine. However if syslinux >=3.05
>   it doesn't works. After vmlinuz and initrd loaded , before
>   boot linux kernel, system hangs.
> 
>   Or, is it possible to run grub from isolinux or syslinux ?
> 
Please try 3.07.

(However, you do realize that the memory you use for that image is 
permanently wasted, right?)

	-=hpa

HPA> Please try 3.07.

Yes, I have tried 3.07 yesterday. I made a 2.88M image using syslinux and
includes vmlinuz and initrd.
The image could boot standalone. Then use grub+memdisk+image, boot vmlinuz
only (no initrd), kernel starts ok. If boot vmlinuz + initrd,
vmlinuz...........
initrd.........

then hangs.
retry syslinux 3.02 , ok.

HPA> (However, you do realize that the memory you use for that image is 
HPA> permanently wasted, right?)

HPA>         -=hpa

Merlin wrote:
> HPA> Please try 3.07.
> 
> Yes, I have tried 3.07 yesterday. I made a 2.88M image using syslinux and
> includes vmlinuz and initrd.
> The image could boot standalone. Then use grub+memdisk+image, boot vmlinuz
> only (no initrd), kernel starts ok. If boot vmlinuz + initrd,
> vmlinuz...........
> initrd.........
> 
> then hangs.
> retry syslinux 3.02 , ok.
> 
No "Ready" message?

	-hpa

>> then hangs.
>> retry syslinux 3.02 , ok.
>> 
HPA> No "Ready" message?
No "Ready", the last line is :
initrd.........