Syslinux - Apr 2011 - syslinux boot configuration tester

I've begun working on a syslinux project with a portable usb drive.
Up to this point I was a pxelinux.0 user only.

My virtualmachine system (Oracle VirtualBox) can netboot so testing
config file changes was no big deal.

VBox is currently unable to boot from a usb drive despite
documentation that says it is possible.

Is there a windows based tool that can scan and test a syslinux
configuration without rebooting the box and trying it all the time?  I
thought of BOCHS or another tool like qemu, but having two such tools
installed on the same machine can sometimes lead to trouble.

Thanks for your consideration and suggestions.

Rance

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 17:59, Rance Hall <ranceh at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I've begun working on a syslinux project with a portable usb drive.
> Up to this point I was a pxelinux.0 user only.
>
> My virtualmachine system (Oracle VirtualBox) can netboot so testing
> config file changes was no big deal.
The config syntax for SYSLINUX is identical (minus certain
variant-specific options) to PXELINUX.
> VBox is currently unable to boot from a usb drive despite
> documentation that says it is possible.
>
> Is there a windows based tool that can scan and test a syslinux
> configuration without rebooting the box and trying it all the time? ?I
> thought of BOCHS or another tool like qemu, but having two such tools
> installed on the same machine can sometimes lead to trouble.
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Common_Problems#Incorrect_Syntax
points to a way to check it.

Another idea is a disk image (floppy or HDD) with VirtualBox.

-- 
-Gene