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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-21 22:32:12 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-21 22:32:12 +0000 |
| commit | 6eb3c5e7ade4e74c5446d1a0776c0f49c7072d07 (patch) | |
| tree | 88813297cb9dbee080fa9a10943f44e123a52d55 /extlinux.doc | |
| parent | 525bbe0393f388e065447044b421b84b2e187c8c (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-6eb3c5e7ade4e74c5446d1a0776c0f49c7072d07.tar.gz | |
extlinux: Document need for MBR, and usage on a RAID system.
Add cat.c32 as one of the sample programs.
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diff --git a/extlinux.doc b/extlinux.doc index 9844cb75..54e649d1 100644 --- a/extlinux.doc +++ b/extlinux.doc @@ -30,3 +30,27 @@ It works the same way as SYSLINUX, with a few slight modifications. limited to 255 characters. + +Note that EXTLINUX installs in the filesystem partition like a +well-behaved bootloader :) Thus, it needs a master boot record in the +partition table; the mbr.bin shipped with SYSLINUX should work well. +To install it just do: + + cat mbr.bin > /dev/XXX + +... where /dev/XXX is the appropriate master device, e.g. /dev/hda, +and make sure the correct partition in set active. + + +If you have multiple disks in a software RAID configuration, the +preferred way to boot is: + +- Create a separate RAID-1 partition for /boot. Note that the Linux + RAID-1 driver can span as many disks as you wish. + +- Install the MBR on *each disk*, and mark the RAID-1 partition + active. + +- Run "extlinux /boot" to install extlinux. This will install it on + all the drives in the RAID-1 set, which means you can boot any + combination of drives in any order. |