similar to: installing extlinux on a fresh system. Why does it fail ?

Thanks I let GParted create the file system. It was done on a rescue disk of Ubuntu 12.04 (GParted 0.11.0) I think that the problem is in my command line. Mau On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Mattias Schlenker <ms at mattiasschlenker.de>wrote: > Am 24.03.2014 14:13, schrieb Mau Z: > > Hi All, >> >> I am trying to install extlinux on a fresh system. >>

Am 24.03.2014 14:13, schrieb Mau Z: > Hi All, > > I am trying to install extlinux on a fresh system. > > Here are my steps : > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > A) Create an ext2 partition. I did the following steps : > > 1) boot from CD > 2) Activate GParted > 3) Create Partition table on the "fresh disk" (/dev/sda). > 4) Create 1 ext2 partition

Hi! It's funny, but I was unable to find an answer to my question. I am building an embedded system (x86). I want to install syslinux on a fresh system. So, I am booting from a USB LINUX CD (Ubuntu 12.04 in this case). 1) I must have an ext2 partition (This is my application). 2) I understand that I must have a FAT partition (to install syslinux). Correct ? So, basically I understand that

Am 24.03.2014 15:35, schrieb Mau Z: > Thanks > > I let GParted create the file system. It was done on a rescue disk of > Ubuntu 12.04 (GParted 0.11.0) > > I think that the problem is in my command line. extlinux --install /mount/point/subdir usually does the job. I suspect the filesystem was created using libparted's ext2 code. Unmount and run mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1 Then

On 01/14/2014 10:34 AM, Mattias Schlenker wrote: > Am 14.01.2014 17:48, schrieb Mau Z: >> >> prompt 1 >> DEFAULT linux >> LABEL linux >> SAY Now booting my first extlinux >> KERNEL /bzImage >> APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1 >> >> but I got the same results........ >> > > 1. Use "LINUX" instead of "KERNEL" to

> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:54 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote: > > > On 01/14/2014 10:34 AM, Mattias Schlenker wrote: > > > Am 14.01.2014 17:48, schrieb Mau Z: > > >> > > >> prompt 1 > > >> DEFAULT linux > > >> LABEL linux > > >> SAY Now booting my first extlinux > > >> KERNEL /bzImage

Thanks all, I did find extlinux in "my syslinux tarball" (I think that I understand my confusion now - I will explain at the end). So, now almost everything is fine...... Clearly my extlinux.conf is working (I can see my output on the console (SAY XXX)) I have a bzImage + rootfs.tar I tried : 0) mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/MyMountForSda1 -->> success 1) cd /mnt/MyMountForSda1

Hi! I have the same situation, but some more information : 1) I have tried to change the last line to "APPEND root=/dev/sda1", it did not seem to make any difference 2) If I type ENTER at the prompt, syslinux loads the kernel (but with the same results mentioned above). So, clearly I have a problem with my extlinux.conf. Thanks Mau On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Mau Z

Thanks but I am still in the same spot : 1) I have created a partition (ext2 with GParted). 2) Now what ? I was thinking that I should install syslinux (the bootloader). All the examples say something like "syslinux --directory /boot/syslinux/ --install /dev/sdb1" but this does not make any seance, because the is no /boot on the system. I have tried it anyways, but the

Hi I understand you (mostly). 0) How do i "install the MBR code as well and to activate your partition." 1) "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt" -->> successfully completed. 2) "mkdir /mnt/extlinux" -->> successfully completed. 3) "extlinux --install /mnt/extlinux" -->> does not work. Funny, but it it seems that there is no such thing as

Thanks Can you help on "the big question" ? which is under the name "installing syslinux on a fresh system (SATA)" Mau On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Mau Z <zmau1962 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I was looking to download EXTLINUX in the following page

Then again, I suppose you could have a script in your init that detects when it has been booted from a *special* UUID. In such cases it goes to the first instance of a volume with that *special* UUID and re-writes it to a genuine UUID, as well as updates the syslinux configs on the volume. You could then create your seed image with that *special* UUID and then even an XP user could write it to a

On Fri, 2016-05-13 at 23:17 -0453, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > Is the disk or 1 of its partitions mounted ? If so, can it be > unmounted Hi William, its the only HDD on that machine. All the partitions are mounted. The error message refers to the HDD, not to any of the mounted partitions. > > WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the partition table > > on /dev/sda

Good day, Gparted is not available on my installation. Which patition tool is available in centos 5.5 please. Thanks Johan

Hi everyone, for UEFI bootable media I currently use preloader+gummiboot while on BIOS media I use isolinux/extlinux. Since maintaining two configurations is some kind of extra work, I plan switching to syslinux in the next weeks or months. Creating an UEFI boot partition or El-Torito image seems easy: Use preloader, hashtool and the syslinux efi file, copy them to the FAT image and be

Hello Thanks and sorry for the mistake. The situation is a little better (Thanks to Ady). Here is my extlinux.conf : prompt 1 DEFAULT lnx LABEL lnx SAY Now booting my first extlinux LINUX /bzImage APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1 Linux still does not run, I still get the prompt. The good news is that if I type the name of the label ("lnx"), the kernel DOES load (and does not crash any

On C6 (latest) I wanted to add an extra partition, number 14, to a 1TB GPT disk. It failed repeatedly. The error message is:- ~~~~~~~ GParted 0.19.1 Libparted 2.1 Create Primary Partition #1 (ext4, 33.00 MiB) on /dev/sda 00:00:01 ( ERROR ) calibrate New Partition #1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) path: /dev/sda-1 start: 613591359 end: 1953525134 size: 1339933776 (638.93 GiB) create empty

Hi! I was looking to download EXTLINUX in the following page : http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Download But I do not see that it can be done. It is said that "The SYSLINUX download includes PXELINUX, ISOLINUX and MEMDISK as well." But, there is no word about EXTLINUX Please, advise Thanks Mau

Am 29.09.2014 um 21:51 schrieb Don Cupp: > Renato, > > I don't think it would take that long to make a little script that even an XP user could use to generate GPT formatted thumb-drives. Win32DiskImage rulez. :-D Bonus: No more geometry problems on old BIOSes. Just create a nice GPT formatted image with a cool protective MBR. This can even expose the first partition via

Hi, me: > > Please enable editing. Gene Cumm: > Done. Thanks. I have now edited http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility#USB-Miscellaneous ------------------------------------------------------------ Next i'll try to develop a user oriented hint for SYSLINUX#Creating_a_Bootable_Disk which takes into respect the opinions of Ady, Mattias, me, and of any