Syslinux - Jul 2008 - OFF TOPIC: Chainloading CD-ROM boot after ISOLINUX + MEMDISK.

Hi,

This is off topic for this list, but someone on this list may be able to point
me in the right direction.

For a couple of years I have been using ISOLINUX + MEMDISK and Smart Boot
Manager to chainload a CD-ROM boot after loading a floppy image into RAM with
MEMDISK.

My problem now is that Smart Boot Manager does not support/detect SATA optical
drives used in new hardware.


Does anyonw know if there are any other bootloader out there that can chainload
an CD-ROM boot?


Thanks!

--
Harald Jens?s
Dell EDT | NER (Sweden)

Harald_Jensas at Dell.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is off topic for this list, but someone on this list may be able to
point me in the right direction.
> 
> For a couple of years I have been using ISOLINUX + MEMDISK and Smart Boot
Manager to chainload a CD-ROM boot after loading a floppy image into RAM with
MEMDISK.
> 
> My problem now is that Smart Boot Manager does not support/detect SATA
optical drives used in new hardware.
> 
> Does anyonw know if there are any other bootloader out there that can
chainload an CD-ROM boot?
> 
SATA is making this very difficult, since unlike PATA there isn't a 
standard interface for SATA (some, but not all controllers can be used 
in PATA emulation mode.)

What exactly are you trying to do?

	-hpa