SysLinux

SysLinuxIs a Linux system boot tool, syslinux can create a Linux startup disk or Linux recovery disk booted from MS DOS. Installing syslinux is simple, and once the installation is created, the SysLinux floppy can be used to control standard MS DOS tools. It also takes up very little space, requiring only 7k of MS DOS space or 13k of Linux space. The latest version also includes a PxeLinux system tool, syslinux, which allows you to create a diskless workstation.

SysLinux build boot disk

Installing syslinux on a disk will change the boot sector on the disk and copy the ldlinux.sys file to its root directory (or to a specified directory).

Note: SYSLINUX does not support NTFS file system, so the disk must be FAT (FAT16/FAT32) file system

　　NT/2K/XP

grammar:

syslinux.exe [-sfmar][-d directory] <drive>: [bootsecfile]

For example:

Floppy: (a: is a floppy drive)

syslinux.exe a:

Hard disk/removable disk, etc.: (z: is the drive letter)

syslinux.exe -m -a -d /boot/syslinux z:

[Copy the boot file to the /boot/syslinux directory of its partition. Note: the /boot/syslinux directory must be created in advance. 】

*The boot menu configuration file (syslinux.cfg) in the above example must be in the /boot/syslinux directory. *Note: In NT/2K you may receive an error message, just select "Ignore" to complete the command correctly.

　　DOS

grammar:

syslinux.exe [-sfmar][-d directory] <drive>: [bootsecfile]

　　Linux

grammar:

syslinux [-sfr][-d directory][-o offset] <DeviceOrImage>

For example:

syslinux /dev/fd0

syslinux/devices/first floppy drive

[Write the syslinux boot code to the first floppy drive]

SysLinux related options

　　Applies to all

-s

Safe, slow, stupid: This parameter can improve the boot compatibility of syslinux. This parameter allows syslinux to work on some unconventional BIOS. The -s option (parameter) is required on some machines, which means that this is a safe option (parameter). It is recommended to generally use this option (parameter). ).

-f

Force installing: Force writing of syslinux boot code. This is an optional option (parameter). If you find that you cannot write to syslinux, you can use this option (parameter), but the general recommendation is to add it when writing to the local disk. on this option (parameter).

-r

Raid mode: RAID mode. This is an optional option (parameter). If the startup fails, tell the BIOS the boot sequence (usually the next hard disk) instead of giving an error message and then stopping. This is a RAID mode option (parameter). Generally speaking, it can Not used.

Windows

-m

MBR: Write the syslinux boot code to the MBR boot sector of the drive. This is an optional option (parameter). It is recommended to use this option (parameter). If GURB4DOS has been written to the MBR of the disk before, then you must use the -m option (parameter), otherwise the write will fail.

I have written "grub for dos" into the MBR before, but when I write the syslinux boot code into the MBR later without using the -m option (parameter), I cannot write the syslinux boot code into the MBR.

Example: syslinux.exe -s -f -m -a -d /boot/syslinux x: (x: is the drive letter)

-a

Active: Activate the specified partition as the active partition. This is an optional option (parameter). You can add this option (parameter) when you are not sure whether the partition you specified is the active partition. In fact, even if you specify The partition is already the active primary partition, you can also add this option (parameter). (=bootable)

Linux

-o

Specifies the byte offset in the file system image file, which must be a working disk image file.