Syslinux - Aug 2008 - failed when boot the kernel image on the hard disk from syslinux on a floppy

After formatting a floppy to MSDOS format and using  syslinux /dev/fd0,
I successfully installed ldlinux.sys to the root directory of the
floppy.

Then I created a syslinux.cfg  under the root directtory of this floppy
to load the linux kernel in my first hard disk, 3rd partition, boot
folder. The file system

of this partition is ext3. The floppy has a FAT file system. This config
file is listed below.

 

When I restarted PC and booted from this floppy , it failed with a
message

"Could not find kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic"

 

Did I make a wrong configuration? I am sure the names of linux kernel
and initrd are correct.

 

PROMPT 0

TIMEOUT 30

DEFAULT linux

LABEL linux

SAY Now booting the kernel from SYSLINUX...

KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic

APPEND root=/dev/sda3 initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic 

 

 

Best regards,

Hu Jia Yi

Ext: 20430

Tel: 65-67510430

Hi,

SYSLINUX isn't designed to work that way.
It can boot kernel only from same filesystem from which it's loaded.
You need GRUB or GRUB4DOS for your task.
SYSLINUX can be used to chainload GRUB.

Best regards,
Sergii Kolisnyk

2008/8/21 Hu Jia Yi <jyhu at asmpt.com>:
> After formatting a floppy to MSDOS format and using  syslinux /dev/fd0,
> I successfully installed ldlinux.sys to the root directory of the
> floppy.
>
> Then I created a syslinux.cfg  under the root directtory of this floppy
> to load the linux kernel in my first hard disk, 3rd partition, boot
> folder. The file system
>
> of this partition is ext3. The floppy has a FAT file system. This config
> file is listed below.
>
>
>
> When I restarted PC and booted from this floppy , it failed with a
> message
>
> "Could not find kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic"
>
>
>
> Did I make a wrong configuration? I am sure the names of linux kernel
> and initrd are correct.
>
>
>
> PROMPT 0
>
> TIMEOUT 30
>
> DEFAULT linux
>
> LABEL linux
>
> SAY Now booting the kernel from SYSLINUX...
>
> KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
>
> APPEND root=/dev/sda3 initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Hu Jia Yi
>
> Ext: 20430
>
> Tel: 65-67510430
>
>
>
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Hu Jia Yi wrote:
> After formatting a floppy to MSDOS format and using  syslinux /dev/fd0,
> I successfully installed ldlinux.sys to the root directory of the
> floppy.
> 
> Then I created a syslinux.cfg  under the root directtory of this floppy
> to load the linux kernel in my first hard disk, 3rd partition, boot
> folder. The file system
> 
> of this partition is ext3. The floppy has a FAT file system. This config
> file is listed below.
> 
Oh yes, it might be that the easiest option for you is to use extlinux, 
and drop the FAT partition, too.

	-hpa