cbagger01
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Posted: Sep. 28 2004,03:47 |
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Yes.
In fact DSL versions prior to 0.8.x used SYSLINUX as the bootloader for the livecd and for the boot floppy.
You may be able to use SYSLINUX to "sys" your CF "hard drive" and then copy over some of the files from the DSL 0.8 boot floppy. The floppy image is located in the download section.
See this thread for more details:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....0;st=10
The syslinux part is a little bit different than it is for building a new livecd, though.
Maybe some of the recent USB bootable USB flash threads would be a better fit for your situation:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....ux+0.8%
As for SYSLINUX vs. LoadLin, SYSLINUX is a floppy-disk compatible bootloader for Linux. It works in a similar way to creating a "bootable floppy disk" in MSDOS or Win95/98. Loadlin is an MSDOS program that boots up linux. It is run from a true MSDOS prompt, IE: MSDOS/Win9x boot floppy, MSDOS/Win9x hard drive bootup (command prompt only, no loading of any DOS drivers).
So SYSLINUX is a bootloader, while Loadlin is a MSDOS program that boots up linux. Which means that if you can create a bootable MSDOS system, then you can load up linux by running an MSDOS command long after MSDOS has finished booting up.
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