Upgrade syslinux to allow boot from XFS.

[Chris]

Current version does not allow boot from XFS.  It is a 10 minute job to upgrade during the installation but it’s a bit tedious and you need to be connected online.

 

If anyone is interested, this is the procedure use when installing in QEMU (other systems are comparable).

 

You do not need xfsprogs to run the system.

 

Boot QEMU from CD and a hdd to receive the installation.

 

apt -y install xfsprogs extlinux syslinux-common

echo -e "n\n\n\n\n\nw\n" | fdisk /dev/sda

mkfs.xfs -L Slax /dev/sda1

cp -r /run/initramfs/memory/data/slax /media/sda1

 

#             The disk should automount at this point.

 

cd /media/sda1/slax/boot

cp /usr/bin/extlinux extlinux.x64

cp /usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin .

for Each in *.c32; do cp /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/$Each .; done