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Topic: Full HD install - F2 / F3 - boot options listings

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john.martzouco Offline

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Posted: Dec. 10 2007,11:59

Fellas, I'm completely unaware of what extlinux is and how it will help me display the F2/F3 info?

Does the F2/F3 info exist in a text file on the CD and is that why you are suggesting I can hook it up with the cat command?

Juanito

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Posted: Dec. 10 2007,12:08

extlinux is analagous to syslinux - in the same way as syslinux allows you to boot a fat partition, extlinux will allow you to boot an ext partition (see syslinux_mssys.tar.gz in mydsl testing).

I think what Caraga was getting at was that you will get the same F2/F3 display of boot options if you use extlinux to boot an ext partition.

...otherwise, F2 & F3 are text files within the dsl iso that are unpacked onto cd, usb stick, hd, whatever.

curaga

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Posted: Dec. 10 2007,15:28

Yeah, they are just text files, in the cd they live in /boot/isolinux as f2 and f3.

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mikshaw

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Posted: Dec. 11 2007,21:54

I tried the grub cat command, and it didn't work as I had hoped. The command does work if it's typed in grub, but when I tried it in the menu merely flashed the grub console and immediately returned to the menu. In that instant it didn't look as though any text was displayed other than "booting cat", so I'm guessing I may have simply gotten the syntax wrong. The grub info states that the cat command can be used in menu, but I'm not yet sure how.

Ths is what I tried that DIDN'T work in the menu:

Code Sample

title cat test
cat (hd0,0)/home/mik/testing.txt

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