Is it possible to boot Syslinux com32 module from grub2 ?

2009-08-12 Thread J. Bakshi
Hello list, HDT (Hardware Detection Tool) is a Syslinux com32 module designed to display low-level information for any x86 compatible system. HDT runs directly on the SYSLINUX bootloader. So it doesn't need to boot first into an operating system like DOS, linux or Windows. Is it possible to l

Re: Is it possible to boot Syslinux com32 module from grub2 ?

2009-08-13 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 03:00:51PM +0530, J.Bakshi wrote: > > Rather than porting, I like to boot it from grub but it is a syslinux > module and I don't know if it works at all. Can I use the chainloader > to boot syslinux and let it do the rest of the thing ? Why don't you port it to Multiboot i

Re: Is it possible to boot Syslinux com32 module from grub2 ?

2009-08-13 Thread J.Bakshi
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 03:00:51PM +0530, J.Bakshi wrote: >> >> Rather than porting, I like to boot it from grub but it is a syslinux >> module and I don't know if it works at all. Can I use the chainloader >> to boot syslinux and let it do th

Re: Is it possible to boot Syslinux com32 module from grub2 ?

2009-08-14 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
> > Hello Robert, > > Today I got a response from hdt developers. They mentioned that hdt > needs some syslinux internal hence it will not function without > syslinux. Probably grub exposes to its modules a similar functionality as syslinux to com32. Of course function names differ but prbably by w

Re: Is it possible to boot Syslinux com32 module from grub2 ?

2009-08-12 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:42 PM, J. Bakshi wrote: > Hello list, > > HDT (Hardware Detection Tool) is a Syslinux com32 module designed to display > low-level information for any x86 compatible system. > > HDT runs directly on the SYSLINUX bootloader. So it doesn't need to boot > first into an oper

Re: Is it possible to boot Syslinux com32 module from grub2 ?

2009-08-13 Thread J.Bakshi
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:42 PM, J. Bakshi wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> HDT (Hardware Detection Tool) is a Syslinux com32 module designed to display >> low-level information for any x86 compatible system. >> >> HDT runs directl