I have just jined this list. I can't seem to boot from a USB and my BIOS recognizes my sandisk USB by name. I can't figure out what modules to use. mbr.bin and parted is one method. Then syslinux is run and a syslinux.cfg is needed. Is this sufficent for syslinux? LINUX bzImage //kernel image INITRD initrd // initial ramdisk to boot a small liinux system on a USB. Bill Thanks for any help.
Bill Cunningham schreef op 28-8-2014 om 00:05:> I have just jined this list. I can't seem to boot from a USB and my > BIOS > recognizes my sandisk USB by name. I can't figure out what modules to use. > mbr.bin and parted is one method. Then syslinux is run and a > syslinux.cfg is > needed. Is this sufficent for syslinux? > > LINUX bzImage //kernel image > INITRD initrd // initial ramdisk to boot a small liinux system on a USB. > > Bill > Thanks for any help.There's a wiki for the Syslinux project, but other methods might be easier: * if you're on Windows, use the RUFUS tool by Akeo * if you're on Linux, tools might be present already. The most interesting way however is to download some random Linux ISO like Ubuntu or Knoppix and see how they apply Syslinux/Isolinux. Often the downloadable image files also support being transferred to an USB flash drive. Note the directory structure and configuration files contents. Bernd
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Bill Cunningham <billcun at suddenlink.net> wrote:> I have just jined this list. I can't seem to boot from a USB and my BIOS > recognizes my sandisk USB by name. I can't figure out what modules to use. > mbr.bin and parted is one method. Then syslinux is run and a syslinux.cfg is > needed. Is this sufficent for syslinux? > > LINUX bzImage //kernel image > INITRD initrd // initial ramdisk to boot a small liinux system on a USB.Did you set the proper partition as bootable/active? Also, I'd recommend this (assuming the files exist): DEFAULT linux1 LABEL linux1 # kernel image LINUX bzImage # initial ramdisk to boot a small liinux system on a USB INITRD initrd As your first proposal shouldn't parse appropriately. Also look at the TIMEOUT and PROMPT directives. Note that directives are capitalized/indented only for clarity. -- -Gene
On 8/27/2014 18:05, Bill Cunningham wrote:> I have just jined this list. I can't seem to boot from a USB and my > BIOS > recognizes my sandisk USB by name. I can't figure out what modules to use. > mbr.bin and parted is one method. Then syslinux is run and a > syslinux.cfg is > needed. Is this sufficent for syslinux? > > LINUX bzImage //kernel image > INITRD initrd // initial ramdisk to boot a small liinux system on a USB.Bill! It's been a while! http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/bill_cunningham.html - Shao Miller
This could be another Bill Cunningham, but he's got the tell-tale signs of being the Bill Cunningham I became familiar with in comp.lang.c. If it's the same person, here's a tip: Don't expend any effort! If I'm wrong, then d'oh! - Shao -----Original Message----- From: Shao Miller [mailto:sha0.miller at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 21:38 To: Bill Cunningham Cc: syslinux at zytor.com Subject: Re: [syslinux] (no subject) On 8/27/2014 18:05, Bill Cunningham wrote:> I have just jined this list. I can't seem to boot from a USB and my > BIOS > recognizes my sandisk USB by name. I can't figure out what modules to use. > mbr.bin and parted is one method. Then syslinux is run and a > syslinux.cfg is > needed. Is this sufficent for syslinux? > > LINUX bzImage //kernel image > INITRD initrd // initial ramdisk to boot a small liinux system on a USB.Bill! It's been a while! http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/bill_cunningham.htm l - Shao Miller