Questions tagged [isolinux]
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Why do Linux distros use both the grub and syslinux bootloaders?
Whenever I open a Linux distro iso file there is always a grub and an isolinux bootloader, I realized they use isolinux to boot the installation.
Can't we use grub for that? is isolinux faster and ...
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Windows/Linux Bootdisk ISO
I am currently producing a bootdisk (similar to Medicat) that will boot live/installer linux and windows PE/install. I have managed to get bootmgr to load on the ISO but it says boot/BCD is missing. ...
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ISOLINUX: the slightest change to the configuration stops the CD booting
I'm building a bootable Gentoo Linux disk, using isolinux. (It's actually a customised sysrescuecd but I don't think the details of that utility are relevant to my problem).
I wish to customise ...
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Create Windows 10 USB installation drive with Linux only
By udisk, I mean a 2.5 inch HDD placed in an External Hard Drive Enclosure
I'm quite familiar (not professional, daily use only) with Linux (Arch&Ubuntu) but newbie to Windows. Sometimes I ...
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Changing text in binary files
While looking inside a binary file in a text editor, I came across some readable text. I have executed the binary before, and know that the readable text is echoed on screen. Is it possible to remove ...
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How to make ISOLINUX loaded RAMDisk writeable?
I'm currently using ISOLINUX to create a bootable MS-DOS 6.22 image in the RAM.
This is working pretty well! I can stuff the folders CDROOT and isolinux in this setup and then create a new ISO with ...
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Booting win8 install iso with isolinux and grub
Can someone please help?
I've been googling for hours now and I can't figure out why I can't boot the win8 install disc iso from my isolinux boot usb.
I can boot winpe 64bit with the following
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Creating a bootable Linux USB key from Haiku
Note: Usually a question about Haiku would be the opposite--creating a bootable Haiku USB key from Linux or perhaps Windows--but since I have Haiku running and not Linux, I do actually mean what is in ...
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How to use Syslinux to chainload Ubuntu installation?
I try my best to detail my question. If it would run out of your patience, go to lastest paragraph.
I downloaded Ubuntu 13.04 from its official site and extracted files to a folder ubuntu\ on USB ...
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How to create a bootable USB from a bootable ISO with the command line on Linux?
I have a CD that's created from an ISO file which I use to install a custom version of Ubuntu via Plop Linux.
The CD works fine but I'd like to use a bootable USB drive instead.
I used the command dd ...
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How to transfer a USB bootable ubuntu system to a bootable DVD
I've built a USB bootable 1.5G system derived from Ubuntu core (along the lines of this example). It boots using syslinux on most of our Intel hardware. Intel iMacs are an exception (grub EFI with GPT ...
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Modifying the install environment for RH-like installations
I am trying to modify the basic installation environment (ie, what Anaconda runs in) for a customized CentOS distribution.
For the first try, I would just like to modify a few of the splash images.
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Make isolinux 4.0.3 chainload itself
I have a bootable iso which boots into isolinux 4.0.3 and I want to make it chainload itself (my actual goal is to chainload isolinux.bin v4.0.1-debian, which should start up the Ubuntu10.10 Live CD, ...
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Dynamic SYSLINUX menu?
Is it possible to have a menu in SYSLINUX that will automatically list all of the files in a given directory and allow the user to choose one to boot from as a kernel?
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How to make Slitaz USB persistent
I installed Slitaz on a USB pendrive. However I can't figure out how to make it persistent automatically. There are different sources telling me different ways to make it persistent.
One told me to ...
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