similar to: [RFC] make extlinux work without mount the filesystem

On 11/20/2014 10:21 PM, Robert Yang wrote: > > which can copy files into test.img without mount it, for example: > $ mke2fs -t ext3 -d <rootfs_dir> -F test.img > > I'd like to make extlinux can work without mount the filesystem (use > libext2fs), is it possible for extlinux, please ? And is such a patch > acceptable, please ? (Add a "-d/--device

On 11/21/2014 02:33 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 11/20/2014 10:21 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >> >> which can copy files into test.img without mount it, for example: >> $ mke2fs -t ext3 -d <rootfs_dir> -F test.img >> >> I'd like to make extlinux can work without mount the filesystem (use >> libext2fs), is it possible for extlinux, please ? And is such

> > > On 11/21/2014 02:33 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > On 11/20/2014 10:21 PM, Robert Yang wrote: > >> > >> which can copy files into test.img without mount it, for example: > >> $ mke2fs -t ext3 -d <rootfs_dir> -F test.img > >> > >> I'd like to make extlinux can work without mount the filesystem (use > >>

On 12/25/2014 04:33 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 12/24/2014 12:16 AM, Robert Yang wrote: >> Hello syslinux, >> >> Merry Christmas! These patches will make extlinux work with umounted >> ext2/3/4 filesystem, for example: >> >> $ extlinux -i /dev/sdXN >> or >> $ extlinux -i file_block >> >> Also it can work with something like:

> > > On 12/25/2014 04:33 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > On 12/24/2014 12:16 AM, Robert Yang wrote: > >> Hello syslinux, > >> > >> Merry Christmas! These patches will make extlinux work with umounted > >> ext2/3/4 filesystem, for example: > >> > >> $ extlinux -i /dev/sdXN > >> or > >> $ extlinux -i file_block

(snip) > It probably makes more sense in > the "syslinux" installer rather than "extlinux", since the former > already operates on an unmounted filesystem. > In other words, the Linux-based "syslinux" installers could / would support ext2/3/4 too. In particular, the (./bios/mtools/) "syslinux" command does not need special permissions

On 12/24/2014 12:16 AM, Robert Yang wrote: > Hello syslinux, > > Merry Christmas! These patches will make extlinux work with umounted > ext2/3/4 filesystem, for example: > > $ extlinux -i /dev/sdXN > or > $ extlinux -i file_block > > Also it can work with something like: > $ extlinux /dev/sdXN --reset-adv > or > $ extlinux file_block --reset-adv >

On 01/06/2015 08:04 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/01/2015 09:05 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Happy New Year! >> >> These patches make syslinux/linux support ext2/3/4, and it doesn't >> require the root privilege, I'd like to add a separate e2fs/syslinux, if >> that is more appropriate, it should be easy to do that. >>

On 01/01/2015 09:05 PM, Robert Yang wrote: > Hello, > > Happy New Year! > > These patches make syslinux/linux support ext2/3/4, and it doesn't > require the root privilege, I'd like to add a separate e2fs/syslinux, if > that is more appropriate, it should be easy to do that. > > I put these patches on github so that you can easily get them in case >

On 01/05/2015 04:14 PM, Robert Yang wrote: > > On 01/06/2015 08:04 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 01/01/2015 09:05 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Happy New Year! >>> >>> These patches make syslinux/linux support ext2/3/4, and it doesn't >>> require the root privilege, I'd like to add a separate e2fs/syslinux, if

Hello syslinux, Merry Christmas! These patches will make extlinux work with umounted ext2/3/4 filesystem, for example: $ extlinux -i /dev/sdXN or $ extlinux -i file_block Also it can work with something like: $ extlinux /dev/sdXN --reset-adv or $ extlinux file_block --reset-adv We don't use a new option (I planed to use "-d" but it is already in use), it will check whether the

On 12/25/2014 01:43 PM, Ady wrote: > >> >> >> On 12/25/2014 04:33 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>> On 12/24/2014 12:16 AM, Robert Yang wrote: >>>> Hello syslinux, >>>> >>>> Merry Christmas! These patches will make extlinux work with umounted >>>> ext2/3/4 filesystem, for example: >>>> >>>> $ extlinux

Hi, is there any way to install extlinux on a _not_ mounted ext4 image? I can easily write the extlinux.sys manually to a fixed inode, and prepend a prebuild mbr, but is there anything else i am missing? patch_file_and_bootblock does a couple of magic things, that are beyond me. The devices are simple images that run in virtualbox, so do i really need all of the blocksize magic? thanks.

When I try to boot my system using extlinux I get the error: EXTLINUX 3.51 2007-06-10 EBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2007 H. Peter Anvin Could not find kernel image: linux boot: ???????????????????????????????? I've searched the archives and it would appear that extlinux can't find the extlinux.conf file.... Is there something glaring that I am missing? TIA - Phil I have a 32MB CF card

On 01/06/2015 08:16 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/05/2015 04:14 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >> >> On 01/06/2015 08:04 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>> On 01/01/2015 09:05 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Happy New Year! >>>> >>>> These patches make syslinux/linux support ext2/3/4, and it doesn't

Hello all, I am trying to replace grub with extlinux without any luck. I did remove the grub from my root Partition and boot from a LiveCD. I install syslinux and did those steps Boot Partition: mkdir -pv /mnt/sda1 mke2fs -jv /dev/hda1 mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda1 mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/sda1 Root Partition export SDB1=/mnt/sdb1 mkdir -pv $SDB1

> On 01/01/2015 09:05 PM, Robert Yang wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Happy New Year! > > > > These patches make syslinux/linux support ext2/3/4, and it doesn't > > require the root privilege, I'd like to add a separate e2fs/syslinux, if > > that is more appropriate, it should be easy to do that. > > > > I put these patches on github so

Hello, Is it possible to install extlinux into a disk image, without being root ? It seems like extlinux --install absolutely requires the specific block device in which extlinux should be installed to be mounted. This prevents from doing an extlinux installation as non-root, which is annoying for build systems such as Buildroot [1] that build a complete Linux system from source, without being

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We are experiencing a strange behaviour on an embedded system (i386 PC board). >> >> The structure of our disk is the following one : >> - A 2GB fat16 partition with DOS and syslinux >> - A 100GB Ext4 partition with Extlinux an several linux images

Hello, Happy New Year! These patches make syslinux/linux support ext2/3/4, and it doesn't require the root privilege, I'd like to add a separate e2fs/syslinux, if that is more appropriate, it should be easy to do that. I put these patches on github so that you can easily get them in case you'd like to test them. (The repo's name is sys_tmp, which avoids confusing others, I will