Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/users/wyatt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wyatt</span></a></span> Also glancing from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC98</span></a> architecture and specific quirks that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> accounts for in <code>menuconfig</code> it's most likely not gonna be enough to <em>"just boot the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i486</span></a> version of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span>"</em>...<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/OS1337-core-prerelease.img" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob</span><span class="invisible">/main/OS1337-core-prerelease.img</span></a></p><ul><li>Tho given the fact this is just a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a> / Linux Distro that is barely booting using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> and able to spit out a 80x25 MDA console, it is in an early infancy.</li></ul><p>As for the specifics of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC9821" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC9821</span></a>+ and their detailed hardware I'm clueless beyond the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-98#Models" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Wikipedia Article</a> and can only Assume anything before a (RAM-upgraded) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/9821Ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>9821Ap</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/9801BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>9801BA</span></a> is off the table and a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/9821Af" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>9821Af</span></a> or better is desireable as the 14,6MB RAM limit will really become a problem quickly, as I'm pretty shure it's impossible to get <code>linux-6.6.6</code> run on anything below 8MB <em>at all</em> and most recommendations hint that 16MB is more often than not a practical limit (tho that may be becaise 10/12/14 and other "asymetric" configurations were already avoided back then)...</p><ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/9821Ce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>9821Ce</span></a> should be workable in theory tho again that's just me reading a specsheet.</li></ul><p>On the flipside I did manage to install <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> on machines with 32MB RAM and actually get them to display a desktop (abeit with seconds per frame instead of frames per second) so this is more likely a question of chipping down things.</p><ul><li>Worst-Case one could see to build a bootable CD-ROM or <code>dd</code> something on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BlueSCSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSCSI</span></a> or similar...</li></ul>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/users/wyatt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wyatt</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p>I want shit to be as brutally simple as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> because I can just take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> and with a few config files make a booting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> …</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://groupe-tazor.com/@Yuki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Yuki</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://evokegts.umbrellix.org/@bjornsdottirs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bjornsdottirs</span></a></span> no need to go beyond 1440kB when using <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/mlb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">mlb</a> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> (which wastes 200kB on it's own!)</p><ul><li>Also including the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/initramfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>initramfs</span></a> into the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> can save more due to better compression than two seperate files.</li></ul><p>Needless to say the core idea is to be a continuation of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tmsrtbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tmsrtbt</span></a> and a <em>"minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> distro"</em> as in <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terminal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firmware</span></a>"</em>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://groupe-tazor.com/@Yuki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Yuki</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://evokegts.umbrellix.org/@bjornsdottirs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bjornsdottirs</span></a></span> well, it does work given aggressive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/xz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xz</span></a> compression.</p><p>Problem is rather to shove more on a 1440kB FDD than initramfs+kernel.</p><p>Tho a bootfloppy w/ <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> that then bootstraps multiple splitted initramfs parts in RAM from multiple disks should be possible.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TinyCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TinyCore</span></a> shows that a minimalist distro can be featureful!<br><a href="http://tinycorelinux.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">tinycorelinux.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
omni<p>does anyone know of any <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/zfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zfs</span></a> patches floating around?</p><p><a href="https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/10404" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/</span><span class="invisible">10404</span></a></p>
Sven Geggus<p>As <a href="https://karlsruhe-social.de/tags/SYSLINUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SYSLINUX</span></a> and thus <a href="https://karlsruhe-social.de/tags/PXELINUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PXELINUX</span></a> are unmaintained syslinux.efi does not work well:<br>Which software should one use to boot from network into a selection menu for various operating systems running from network or local in <a href="https://karlsruhe-social.de/tags/EFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFI</span></a> systems?</p>
Jinji the Gengar<p>Hey <a href="https://donphan.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> users. This is probably going to be extremely geeky and technical and I'm fully expecting not to understand any of the answers I'm going to receive, if any, but...</p><p>If a Linux Distro's official ISO is built using an older version of SysLinux which has since been depreciated, and no newer ISO exists, is there a way to manually rebuild the ISO to use an up-to-date SysLinux instead?</p><p><a href="https://donphan.social/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> <a href="https://donphan.social/tags/rufus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rufus</span></a> <a href="https://donphan.social/tags/livecd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livecd</span></a> <a href="https://donphan.social/tags/technical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technical</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> +1</p><p>I avoid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> because it adds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a>.</p><ul><li>In fact I'm yeeting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SYSLINUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SYSLINUX</span></a> from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> because it's ~200kB of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloat</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a>...</li></ul><p>I really want things to be <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113056829228595459" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">KISS - principled</a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@BrodieOnLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BrodieOnLinux</span></a></span> oh, and I thought <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> and me shoving an entire distro into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/initramfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>initramfs</span></a> was cringe...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@starchy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>starchy</span></a></span> I mean, I don't have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/xz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xz</span></a> as a tool in it, I merely use xz compression for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/initramfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>initramfs</span></a>, and the latter one is scheduled to be integrated into the Kernel Build Pipeline to save space and being able to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mlb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mlb</span></a> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> so <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> fits on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1440kB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1440kB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppy</span></a> and neither <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> nor I are failing builds be a few kB...</p><p><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/mlb/releases/tag/v0.0.1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/mlb/release</span><span class="invisible">s/tag/v0.0.1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedLinux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distro</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> TBH, that size is absurd given that entire fully-fledged Linux distros fit in those not too long ago (or still if you don't use something huge like Ubuntu LTS)...</p><p>I'm pretty shure I need less than 1,6 GB of space to build OS/1337 and that is <em>with</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernel666" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel666</span></a>...</p><p>The end result of a statically linked against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a> built kernel (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bzImage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bzImage</span></a>) with xz compression is in the 500-700+kB range and witha stripped-down <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> and the bloaty af <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> I managed to fit it onto a 1440kB Floppy...<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Which you can download here:<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/raw/main/OS1337-core-prerelease.img" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/raw/</span><span class="invisible">main/OS1337-core-prerelease.img</span></a></p><p>So yeah, 1,6GiB is way too big for a single, statically linked <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/binary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>binary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> or not...</p><p>Like seriously, How do they manage to waste that much space???</p><p>That's worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Docker</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snap</span></a> combined!!!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Sorry for the delays but I've had to work on some things that prevented me from working on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> ...<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/OS-1337</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I've had to basically <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/mlb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fork</a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mlb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mlb</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bootloader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bootloader</span></a> because it is basically unmaintained...</p><p>...after all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/issues/10" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wastes ~ 200kB of space</a>...</p><p>Now this is kind of a mess but I've to sort this out...</p><p>On the flipside I did build <code>mlb</code> so everyone can <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/mlb/releases/tag/v0.0.1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">just yoink it</a> for their minimalist distro needs...</p><p>*tho AFAIK this will only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/boot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boot</span></a> on i486 and up.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedLinux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Minimalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minimalist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MinimalistDistro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinimalistDistro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MinimalistLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinimalistLinux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blob.cat/users/akatsukilevi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>akatsukilevi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> well, thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> and some other resources I think I can free ~ 200 kB if not more by adding the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/initramfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>initramfs</span></a> to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> and yeeting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mlb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mlb</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tfb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tfb</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/issues/10#issuecomment-1864394423" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/issu</span><span class="invisible">es/10#issuecomment-1864394423</span></a></p><p>It's not hard to fix... <br>I just got my hands full in the past few months...</p>
James Maes<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@thundergod97" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thundergod97</span></a></span> Here is the PXE Boot working. Next is to add all of the other ISO, etc <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pxeinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pxeinstall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vmware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a></p>
Fell<p>This is what I get for trying to remove the <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> copyright line through editing the binary. I thought I was smart, but I'm not.</p><p>Why I wanted to remove it: It was too long and the line break annoyed me.</p><p>Luckily, I should still be able to boot the system using <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/EFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFI</span></a>.</p><p>Why I am using syslinux: The <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> driver for <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samsung</span></a> laptops has more features when in <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a> mode.</p>
benthor<p>Anyone have any idea what's up with this <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archlinux</span></a> vm? After booting into a rescue system I can chroot into it just fine, reinstall <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> (in BIOS mode), reinstall the kernel, rerun mkinitcpio and even did a forced fsck including badblocks check over night. Nothing helped.</p>
Michael<p>Alright, next milestone reached: My new host is getting the syslinux.efi file from the Bootserver. Now to actually configure it.</p><p>Also: Far too much time spend fighting a permission problem thinking it was NFS, though it actually was the mount directory itself having the wrong perms. 🤦♂️ </p><p><a href="https://social.mei-home.net/tags/100DaysOfHomelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>100DaysOfHomelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.mei-home.net/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.mei-home.net/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a></p>
realcaseyrollins ✝️How come <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.teci.world/tag/grub2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GRUB2</a> works but <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.teci.world/tag/syslinux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#syslinux</a> doesn't...
lime with video<p>linux 486 grub thing // 2021-10-25 <a href="https://diode.zone/videos/watch/6c558357-ed09-45b1-a84d-be4c8a00fb7e" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diode.zone/videos/watch/6c5583</span><span class="invisible">57-ed09-45b1-a84d-be4c8a00fb7e</span></a></p>
lime with video<p>linux build fussing, while it rains. and cat. // 2021-10-24 <a href="https://diode.zone/videos/watch/de2cfa37-42e8-4557-b88f-521402e8cf01" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diode.zone/videos/watch/de2cfa</span><span class="invisible">37-42e8-4557-b88f-521402e8cf01</span></a></p>
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