Maxime GRYL
2006-Jan-28 15:50 UTC
[syslinux] boot bootcd (isolinux) copied on the hard disk
Hi, I try to boot some bootcd copy on the hard drive. I read (an try) that it's impossible to boot a cdrom .ISO image . ok So now I "unzip" the .iso into a folder (not a partition ! Because I have lot of .iso), and convert the entry from the isolinux.cfg to a valid grub entry (put in my menu.lst). The iso come from a bootable cd with isolinux. I will make a script for the translation isolinux.cfg / menu.lst, but I think it's a bad solution. I'm not sure that it's will compatible for all configuration file and it may have problems if there is futur update in isolinux. And I loose all the helps messages etc. I'm seeking about solving 2 solutions : -Using a bootloader who could launch isolinux from a file/folder. ->Could you tell me if I can do this ? (with EXTLINUX ?) -Using a bootloader who are using the same config file than isolinux, to don't have to translate. ->I think to install ISOLINUX on the hard disk, but seems impossible, Could you tell me if I can use EXTLINUX to do this easyly ? ->Or better : link an entry from a first configfile (menu) to the config files of the bootcd (in the disk) If somebody has another solution you can tell me ;-) Thanks a lot.
H. Peter Anvin
2006-Jan-28 20:04 UTC
[syslinux] boot bootcd (isolinux) copied on the hard disk
Maxime GRYL wrote:> > I'm seeking about solving 2 solutions : > -Using a bootloader who could launch isolinux from a file/folder. > ->Could you tell me if I can do this ? (with EXTLINUX ?) > > -Using a bootloader who are using the same config file than isolinux, to > don't have to translate. > ->I think to install ISOLINUX on the hard disk, but seems impossible, > Could you tell me if I can use EXTLINUX to do this easyly ? > ->Or better : link an entry from a first configfile (menu) to the > config files of the bootcd (in the disk) >EXTLINUX probably would do what you need. -hpa