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2019 Apr 22
0
Installing syslinux on a purely virtual disk
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> syslinux?
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> Rich.
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The Sect1Ptr0_VAL and Sect1Ptr1_VAL magic values didn't change in
almost a decade. So a simple search and replace approach should work
for a while. On the other hand the required offsets are embedded in
"ldlinux.sys" (Sect1Ptr0, Sect1Ptr1 with Sect1Ptr0Ptr and Sect1Ptr1Ptr
in the extended patch area). Since "ldlinux.sys" requires patching
anyway this approach should work even longer since it is also used by
the installer itself.
If you want to use a fixed SYSLINUX version you can use pre-patched
files. I tried that and got "ldlinux.sy...
2019 Apr 18
4
Installing syslinux on a purely virtual disk
I'm trying to add boot support to
https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/tree/master/plugins/floppy
This NBD server plugin generates a completely virtual FAT filesystem
and partition table. Nothing is ever written to a file, and it must
run without anything needing to be root, loop mounting etc. Running
"syslinux --install <something>" is a non-starter.
So I've looked at