[syslinux] isohybrid boot from logical partition

Didier Spaier
Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:59:42 -0000

Le 28/12/2016 ? 09:06, Duncan Elliot via Syslinux a ?crit
:
> Hi,
>
> I have been attempting to set up a multi-boot USB stick (i.e. multiple
> bootable ISO images on the one stick)
> I have had good success by:
> - processing ISO with isohybrid (with "partok" flag)
> - dd'ing ISO to primary partitions on the USB stick (e.g /dev/sdc2,
> /dev/sdc3, /dev/sdc4)
> - installing grub to USB stick and configuring to chainload to these
> partitions
>
> To remove the limit of 4 partitions, I would like to do the above but
> utilise logical partitions.
> All my tests to do this have failed, and generally result in the error
> message "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt." when trying to boot.
>
> Is this possible to achieve with current version of isohybrid?

Sorry if this is a silly question: why not use a GUID partition
table instead of using logical partitions?

> Any help on how to achieve this is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Duncan