Shachar Shemesh
2005-Dec-11 15:05 UTC
[syslinux] Using syslinux to boot from .... hard disk?
Hi all, Sorry if this question seems odd. Is it possible to use syslinux to boot from a regular hard disk? I know that's exactly what grub, lilo etc. are doing, but I would really like to utilize the comboot option of syslinux. Are there LBA limitations to such a setup? Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? lingnu.com/backup.html
Shachar Shemesh
2005-Dec-11 16:26 UTC
[syslinux] Using syslinux to boot from .... hard disk?
Frederic Pasteleurs wrote:>Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > >>Sorry if this question seems odd. Is it possible to use syslinux to boot >>from a regular hard disk? I know that's exactly what grub, lilo etc. are >>doing, but I would really like to utilize the comboot option of >>syslinux. Are there LBA limitations to such a setup? >> >> >> > >I am using syslinux on a compactflash card hooked to the IDE bus, so it >behaves like a hard disk. > >Works like a charm. :-) > >Even when the partition is further than 8GB into the disk? Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? lingnu.com/backup.html
H. Peter Anvin
2005-Dec-11 17:58 UTC
[syslinux] Using syslinux to boot from .... hard disk?
Shachar Shemesh wrote:> Hi all, > > > Sorry if this question seems odd. Is it possible to use syslinux to boot > from a regular hard disk? I know that's exactly what grub, lilo etc. are > doing, but I would really like to utilize the comboot option of > syslinux. Are there LBA limitations to such a setup? >Not with recent syslinux versions. Either syslinux or extlinux should do the job. -hpa