[lug] RH, syslinux, iso config

[Kevin Fenzi]

>>>>> "D" == D Stimits <stimits at idcomm.com> writes:

D> I had asked at the meeting about the proper location of boot images
D> for syslinux (actually, isolinux, since it is the CD version,
D> rather than floppy). One suggestion was to simply look at RH's cd
D> 1, which I now have mounted. Actually it is the cheap bytes
D> version, but what the heck.

D> I can't find anything like the required isolinux.cfg (or anything
D> *.cfg or *.CFG). It is obvious that the boot.img is in the images/
D> subdirectory, but then I notice there is also a
D> dosutils/autoboot/cdboot.img. Is the autoboot version the original
D> boot image, while the images/ subdirectory contains selectable
D> images once the initial boot is up?

The config files should be in the boot.img file... 
do:

mount -o loop images/boot.img /mnt/floppy
and look in /mnt/floppy... 

those would be for syslinux tho... I don't know anything about
isolinux... 

D> Considering that no matter where I place the image, it can't be
D> found, but also considering that it looks for the right image name,
D> I have to wonder if I have maybe jumped through necessary hoops,
D> but not enough of them. And the RH cd does not have the isolinux
D> directory, nor a syslinux directory, and nothing named *.cfg or
D> *.CFG, so what am I missing? Clues or suggestions? Do the KRUD
D> people have an isolinux.cfg I can borrow? Or maybe my scheme of
D> directories is wrong: cd root--/isolinux/ |-....

might also need a lilo step in there to tell it where to find the
kernel in the boot image...? 

D> Testing variations is painfully slow, it involves uploading on a
D> 56k modem, then downloading on a 33.6k modem to get to the cd
D> burner.

ouch! ;( 

kevin
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