Syslinux - Aug 2010 - Replace grub with extlinux

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
        mount -v -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 $SDB1

    SWAP Partition
        /sbin/swapon -v /dev/hdb5

    Installing extlinux to /dev/sda1
        dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1
        dd if=/mnt/sdb1/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
        install -d /mnt/sda1/boot
        /sbin/extlinux --install /mnt/sda1/boot

    Writing extlinux.conf file
       export  ExtlinuxConf=/mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux.conf
       echo "DEFAULT AlDimnaOS" > $ExtlinuxConf
       echo "LABEL AlDimnaOS" >> $ExtlinuxConf
       echo "	KERNEL /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-AlDimnaOS-0.0.0.1" >>
$ExtlinuxConf
       echo " 	APPEND initrd=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-AlDimnaOS-0.0.0.1
root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash" >> $ExtlinuxConf
       echo "	TIMEOUT 100" >> $ExtlinuxConf
       echo "	PROMPT 1" >> $ExtlinuxConf

Copy vmlinux to boot Partition
    cp /mnt/sdb1/boot.old/vmlinux-2.6.34 \
			/mnt/sda1/boot/vmlinux-2.6.34


any help would be greatly appreciated
-- 
Sincerely,

Face <falazemi at gmail.com> writes:
> 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
>         mount -v -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 $SDB1
>
>     SWAP Partition
>         /sbin/swapon -v /dev/hdb5
>
>     Installing extlinux to /dev/sda1
>         dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1
>         dd if=/mnt/sdb1/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
>         install -d /mnt/sda1/boot
>         /sbin/extlinux --install /mnt/sda1/boot
>
>     Writing extlinux.conf file
>        export  ExtlinuxConf=/mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux.conf
>        echo "DEFAULT AlDimnaOS" > $ExtlinuxConf
>        echo "LABEL AlDimnaOS" >> $ExtlinuxConf
>        echo "	KERNEL /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-AlDimnaOS-0.0.0.1"
>> $ExtlinuxConf
>        echo " 	APPEND initrd=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-AlDimnaOS-0.0.0.1
> root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash" >> $ExtlinuxConf
>        echo "	TIMEOUT 100" >> $ExtlinuxConf
>        echo "	PROMPT 1" >> $ExtlinuxConf
>
> Copy vmlinux to boot Partition
>     cp /mnt/sdb1/boot.old/vmlinux-2.6.34 \
> 			/mnt/sda1/boot/vmlinux-2.6.34
>
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated
Did you remember to set the active flag on the /dev/hda1 partition?

If that's not it, then I guess describing defining "without any
luck"
would help. Do you see any error messages?  Does it still boot grub?
Exactly what problems do you see?


Bj?rn

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Thomas B?chler <thomas at archlinux.org>
wrote:
> Am 10.08.2010 16:44, schrieb Face:
>> i have 7 img files in /boot/grub
>> ls /boot/grub |grep .img
>> boot.img
>> cdboot.img
>> core.img
>> diskboot.img
>> kernel.img
>> lnxboot.img
>> pxeboot.img
>>
>> which one is the initrd filename ?(my guess is kernel.img )
>
> None of them. They are all part of grub.
>
>
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so where i can find it or how can i create an initrc.img ?
-- 
Sincerely,