Mattias Schlenker
2014-Sep-29 20:03 UTC
[syslinux] Determine from which device syslinux booted from
Am 29.09.2014 um 21:51 schrieb Don Cupp:> Renato, > > I don't think it would take that long to make a little script that even an XP user could use to generate GPT formatted thumb-drives.Win32DiskImage rulez. :-D Bonus: No more geometry problems on old BIOSes. Just create a nice GPT formatted image with a cool protective MBR. This can even expose the first partition via traditional MBR to XP while all other partitions are hidden as unknown data partition... Yours, Mattias -- Mattias Schlenker - Redaktion + EDV-Beratung + Linux-CD/DVD-Konzepte August-Bebel-Str. 74 - 04275 LEIPZIG - GERMANY Telefon (VoIP "ueberall"), geschaeftlich: +49 341 39290767 Telefon (Festnetz), privat und Fax: +49 341 30393578 Mobil: +49 163 6953657 Mobil (SIM in Testgeraeten): +49 1578 3499550 Bitte fuer geschaeftliche Telefonate vorzugsweise die VoIP-Telefonnummer +49 341 39290767 verwenden, da ich diese aufs Mobiltelefon routen kann.
Don Cupp
2014-Sep-29 20:54 UTC
[syslinux] Determine from which device syslinux booted from
The RAW nature of Disk Imager fails to leverage the unique intentions of UUID to surmount the problems of multiple bootable drives in the same system for purposes of knowing which one you actually booted from and should continue to use. On Monday, September 29, 2014 1:03 PM, Mattias Schlenker <ms at mattiasschlenker.de> wrote: Am 29.09.2014 um 21:51 schrieb Don Cupp:> Renato, > > I don't think it would take that long to make a little script that even an XP user could use to generate GPT formatted thumb-drives.Win32DiskImage rulez. :-D Bonus: No more geometry problems on old BIOSes. Just create a nice GPT formatted image with a cool protective MBR. This can even expose the first partition via traditional MBR to XP while all other partitions are hidden as unknown data partition... Yours, Mattias -- Mattias Schlenker - Redaktion + EDV-Beratung + Linux-CD/DVD-Konzepte August-Bebel-Str. 74 - 04275 LEIPZIG - GERMANY Telefon (VoIP "ueberall"), geschaeftlich: +49 341 39290767 Telefon (Festnetz), privat und Fax: +49 341 30393578 Mobil: +49 163 6953657 Mobil (SIM in Testgeraeten): +49 1578 3499550 Bitte fuer geschaeftliche Telefonate vorzugsweise die VoIP-Telefonnummer +49 341 39290767 verwenden, da ich diese aufs Mobiltelefon routen kann. _______________________________________________ Syslinux mailing list Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com Unsubscribe or set options at: http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux
Don Cupp
2014-Sep-29 23:42 UTC
[syslinux] Determine from which device syslinux booted from
Then again, I suppose you could have a script in your init that detects when it has been booted from a *special* UUID. In such cases it goes to the first instance of a volume with that *special* UUID and re-writes it to a genuine UUID, as well as updates the syslinux configs on the volume. You could then create your seed image with that *special* UUID and then even an XP user could write it to a thumb drive with DiskImage. On Monday, September 29, 2014 1:54 PM, Don Cupp <doncuppjr at yahoo.com> wrote: The RAW nature of Disk Imager fails to leverage the unique intentions of UUID to surmount the problems of multiple bootable drives in the same system for purposes of knowing which one you actually booted from and should continue to use. On Monday, September 29, 2014 1:03 PM, Mattias Schlenker <ms at mattiasschlenker.de> wrote: Am 29.09.2014 um 21:51 schrieb Don Cupp:> Renato, > > I don't think it would take that long to make a little script that even an XP user could use to generate GPT formatted thumb-drives.Win32DiskImage rulez. :-D Bonus: No more geometry problems on old BIOSes. Just create a nice GPT formatted image with a cool protective MBR. This can even expose the first partition via traditional MBR to XP while all other partitions are hidden as unknown data partition... Yours, Mattias -- Mattias Schlenker - Redaktion + EDV-Beratung + Linux-CD/DVD-Konzepte August-Bebel-Str. 74 - 04275 LEIPZIG - GERMANY Telefon (VoIP "ueberall"), geschaeftlich: +49 341 39290767 Telefon (Festnetz), privat und Fax: +49 341 30393578 Mobil: +49 163 6953657 Mobil (SIM in Testgeraeten): +49 1578 3499550 Bitte fuer geschaeftliche Telefonate vorzugsweise die VoIP-Telefonnummer +49 341 39290767 verwenden, da ich diese aufs Mobiltelefon routen kann. _______________________________________________ Syslinux mailing list Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com Unsubscribe or set options at: http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux