Syslinux - Dec 2005 - 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

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Shachar Shemesh
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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? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html

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