On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:52:03 -0500 Matthew Gyurgyik <pyther@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Community, > > Over the last few weeks I have been working on Syslinux support for > the installer. With the help Thomas and Dieter I am nearing the > completion of this project. As part of this project, I have written a > script that will help install and update Syslinux (similar to that of > grub-install). > > Some key features of the script: syslinux-install_update.sh > * Install Syslinux to the FS + Partition Boot Loader (extlinux > --install /boot/syslinux) > * Install Syslinux MBR > * Detect and optionally set the boot flag on the boot partition > * Update Syslinux – copy files and execute (extilnux --update > /boot/syslinux) > * Support for GPT disks > * Support for RAID configurations > > The goal is to include this script in the official Syslinux package. > Therefore we need your help to test it. > > syslinux-install_update.sh -i -a -m ..... install Syslinux, set the > boot flag (if needed), and install the MBR > > We need tests for the following setups: > / + /boot on the *same* partition > / + /boot on the *same* partition - RAID > /boot + root on *separate* partition > /boot + root on *separate* partition - RAID > All of the above using but using the GPT partition layout > > NOTE: This is an alpha/beta stage script. The script modifies the > first 440 bytes of the disk (using dd) and the partition table (using > either sfdisk or sgdisk). Although the script should be safe to run, > I am not responsible for any data loss that may occur. > > Let us know the following: > * Did the script work for you? > * What was your partition setup? (see above) > * What version did you use? > * If the script did not work, please provide as much information as > possible > > Get the script here: https://gist.github.com/772138 > Syslinux Sample Config File: > http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/syslinux/trunk/syslinux.cfg > > The Syslinux package in testing includes the above configuration file. > > Cheers, > pyther Just ran the script on my virtualbox archserver. And afterwards on a virtualbox archlinux. Unfortunately it's not working. I get the error: Could not find /boot/syslinux is /boot mounted? Is syslinux installed? I only installed package syslinux and then ran the script. ./syslinux.sh -i -m -a The usage mentions the use of a -c switch, but this does not change anything. Actually I can see it tries to find the path //boot/syslinux when using -c / Guess the switch is only used when you want to install on a mounted chroot system. I am running the script from within the system I wish to install it on. pacman -Q syslinux returns syslinux 4.03-1 The folder /boot/syslinux in reality does not exist in the system yet. So that is probably the reason for the error I get. Is it intentional that the script checks for /boot/syslinux? or should that have been just /boot? If you need additional information, just let me know. BR -- \Madeye - The box said to install Windows 95 or better, so I installed ARCH Linux! - System Setup: AMD64 X2 6400+ with 4GB ram and 1910GB harddrive. Running Arch Linux x86_64 ---------------------------------------------------------- - Registered Linux user #167944 since 2000-02-28 (｡◕‿◕｡) - ---------------------------------------------------------- - Jabber: @@ madeye at jabber dot org @@ - ----------------------------------------------------------
