rob beard (JIC)
2002-Apr-05 11:22 UTC
[syslinux] Selecting hard disk boot when running syslinux from floppy
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to have the option to boot from hard disk when syslinux loads from floppy. Basicly I'm trying to create a boot disk which gives me the option to boot from hard disk, possibly after 5 seconds incase I leave the floppy in by mistake. The systems I would be using this floppy on would be running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and possibly RedHat Linux 7.2. Is this possible? Rob Rob Beard JIC Computing Dept, Ext 2496 ----------------------------------------------------------- "Press the any key ... hmmm where's the any key?" - Homer Simpson
H. Peter Anvin
2002-Apr-05 20:15 UTC
[syslinux] Selecting hard disk boot when running syslinux from floppy
rob beard (JIC) wrote:> Hi, > > I was wondering if it is possible to have the option to boot from hard disk > when syslinux loads from floppy. > > Basicly I'm trying to create a boot disk which gives me the option to boot > from hard disk, possibly after 5 seconds incase I leave the floppy in by > mistake. > > The systems I would be using this floppy on would be running Windows NT 4.0, > Windows 2000 and possibly RedHat Linux 7.2. > > Is this possible? >Not in the current version. Well, it *sort of* is... you could write a COMBOOT program to chainload a harddisk. Hmmm... you got me thinking now. Always a dangerous thing. No new projects before 1.70 is out, though. Anyone who can try out 1.70-pre1 and give me feedback would help that process along... -hpa