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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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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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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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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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