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Using syslinux as bootloader

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:49 pm
by amethyst

Has anyone experimented with this? I see it can handle uefi booting. An alternative bootloader to use perhaps?


Re: Using syslinux as bootloader

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:33 pm
by Feek

Hi, I use extlinux (a variant of syslinux which boots from a linux filesystem) all the time, in my case legacy boot. It works reliably.
BTW, If you're booting an iso file directly, isolinux (other variant of it) often takes care of that.


Re: Using syslinux as bootloader

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:07 pm
by amethyst

Yes, I was referring to extlinux.


Re: Using syslinux as bootloader

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:28 pm
by puppy_apprentice

I'm using:
Image

It is keyboard centric.
I'm using labels/aliases for systems: 1a, 1b, 2b, 4c etc.

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label 1e
	kernel /slacko64-700/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/slacko64-700/initrd.gz pmedia=ataflash psubdir=slacko64-700 pfix=fsck

It was default for old Puppies CD.