4 In order to use extlinux as your bootloader, you should do the following steps:
8 # apt-get install extlinux
10 2. install a syslinux theme to optain a graphical menu displayed to select the
11 kernel to boot (optional):
13 # apt-get install syslinux-common syslinux-themes-debian-squeeze
17 # apt-get install syslinux-common syslinux-themes-debian-lenny
19 3. create all necessary config files:
23 4. optionally alter defaults (like timeout etc.) in /etc/default/extlinux and
24 running extlinux-update again.
26 5. install extlinux into your harddisk (e.g. sda):
28 # extlinux-install /dev/sda
30 6. if you were using grub before, remember to disable automatic re-installation
31 of grub into the mbr with:
33 # dpkg-reconfigure -plow grub-pc
40 * the current MBR is saved to /boot/mbr-${DEVICE}.old. In case of troubles,
41 you can restore it with the following command:
43 # dd if=/boot/mbr-${DEVICE}.old of=/dev/${DEVICE} bs=466 count=1
45 Remember that MBR backups are not rotated which means that every call of
46 extlinux-install will overwrite the previous backup with a new one.
48 * any ISO (*.iso) or HDD (*.img) image stored in /boot/ can be booted through
49 memdisk. In order to enable these, set EXTLINUX_MEMDISK=true in /etc/default/extlinux.
51 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:56:04 +0200