boot slackware with syslinux

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boot slackware with syslinux

Post#1 by bour59 » 11 Apr 2015, 15:20

hello, can i boot on a slackware partition from porteus ?
my config :
Porteus 3.1 installed on sda1 (hdd) with Linux-installer.
slackware installed on sda6. any version
please how to modify porteus.cfg.
thanks

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Re: boot slackware with syslinux

Post#2 by Ed_P » 11 Apr 2015, 17:16

bour59 wrote: please how to modify porteus.cfg.
I would think adding something like this would work.

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LABEL slckwr6
MENU LABEL Slackware on sda6
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/chain.c32
APPEND hd0 6
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Re: boot slackware with syslinux

Post#3 by bour59 » 11 Apr 2015, 17:40

thx but
tell me Usage of chain.c32
will contine to try following your idea

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Re: boot slackware with syslinux

Post#4 by francois » 12 Apr 2015, 00:46

Prendre son temps, profiter de celui qui passe.

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