Am 25.11.2011 22:01, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi:
This is a reworks of my previous RFC but with changes proposed by Thomas (plus other changes).
Very cool, thanks.
Boot as: * (isolinux) cdrom and cdrom-hibrid-disk: OK * (pxelinux) TFTP and HTTP: OK * (extlinux) /arch and /pepe: OK * (syslinux) /arch and /coco: OK, but see note (@)
(@) Due bug in mmove (from mtools), ldlinux.sys install fails: (install also fails with real devices like /dev/sdX, unrelated to loop) # syslinux -i -d /mnt/loop/arch/boot/syslinux /dev/loop1p1 s:/mnt/loop/arch/boot/syslinux/ldlinux.sys: no match for target syslinux: warning: unable to move ldlinux.sys
You can use extlinux on FAT32, too (nowadays, it is just a different installer of syslinux). You don't need mtools/syslinux at all if you can mount the device.