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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-22 08:27:34 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-22 08:27:34 +0000 |
| commit | 3af86f9ea2750614eef4ad6fd0663221bfcc870e (patch) | |
| tree | 1d69983f26d1cdddce8ef7566acfe46e785aeab3 | |
| parent | 1eb1cb9dcf08889a02e9d9b7ecd5b9a6f5e258da (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-3af86f9ea2750614eef4ad6fd0663221bfcc870e.tar.gz | |
Better document how to do chain loading.syslinux-2.20-pre14
| -rw-r--r-- | README.menu | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | extlinux.doc | 18 |
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diff --git a/README.menu b/README.menu index 8c358a64..b6f457ab 100644 --- a/README.menu +++ b/README.menu @@ -47,11 +47,18 @@ MENU LABEL label you to have a label that isn't suitable for the command line, for example: + # Soft Cap Linux LABEL softcap MENU LABEL Soft Cap Linux 9.6.36 KERNEL softcap-9.6.36.bzi APPEND whatever + # A very dense operating system + LABEL brick + MENU LABEL Windows CE/ME/NT + KERNEL chain.c32 + APPEND hd0 2 + MENU HIDE (Only valid after a LABEL statement.) diff --git a/extlinux.doc b/extlinux.doc index 502cfc0c..4a6c3a98 100644 --- a/extlinux.doc +++ b/extlinux.doc @@ -65,3 +65,21 @@ kernel image to still be in the log. This is a general problem for boot loaders on journalling filesystems; it is not specific to extlinux. The "sync" command does not flush the log on the ext3 filesystem. + + +The SYSLINUX series boot loaders support chain loading other operating +systems via a separate module, chain.c32 (located in +com32/modules/chain.c32). To use it, specify a LABEL in the +configuration file with KERNEL chain.c32 and +APPEND [hd|fd]<number> [<partition>] + +For example: + +# Windows CE/ME/NT, a very dense operating system. +# Second partition (2) on the first hard disk (hd0); +# Linux would *typically* call this /dev/hda2 or /dev/sda2. +LABEL cement + KERNEL chain.c32 + APPEND hd0 2 + +See also README.menu. |