Took a closer look at the build scripts and found out a couple of things:
- the ntfs format problem can be solved by adding the "-Q" to mkfs.ntfs.
- syslinux still does not install on a ntfs image after correcting mkfs.ntfs
- extlinux officially supports: fat*, ntfs, ext2/3/4 and btrfs
- syslinux officially only supports fat* and ntfs (with ntfs bugged)
As solution I implemented extlinux and tested it succesfully for fat32,
ntfs and ext4. Then I configured the scripts to use extlinux when
syslinux is chosen with "lb config".
It seems extlinux can function as a complete and improved replacement
for syslinux. If there are no specific advantages of using syslinux, it
may be an option to completely remove it.
Attached a patch with changes for 'binary_hdd', 'binary_syslinux' and
'binary_loopback_cfg'.
Bob
--- a/scripts/build/binary_hdd
+++ b/scripts/build/binary_hdd
@@ -70,12 +70,9 @@
LB_PRIMARY_BOOTLOADER=$(echo "${LB_BOOTLOADERS}" | awk -F, '{ print $1 }')
case ${LB_PRIMARY_BOOTLOADER} in
- syslinux)
+ syslinux|extlinux)
case ${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM} in
- fat*|ntfs)
- _BOOTLOADER=syslinux
- ;;
- ext[234]|btrfs)
+ ext[234]|btrfs|ntfs|fat*)
_BOOTLOADER=extlinux
;;
*)
@@ -184,9 +181,13 @@
Chroot chroot "parted -s ${FREELO} set 1 boot on" || true
Chroot chroot "parted -s ${FREELO} set 1 lba off" || true
- if [ "${LB_PRIMARY_BOOTLOADER}" = "syslinux" ]
+ if [ "${_BOOTLOADER}" = "syslinux" ]
then
dd if=chroot/usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin of=${FREELO} bs=440 count=1
+
+ elif [ "${_BOOTLOADER}" = "extlinux" ]
+ then
+ dd if=chroot/usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin of=${FREELO} bs=440 count=1
fi
;;
@@ -204,9 +205,13 @@
parted -s "${FREELO}" set 1 boot on || true
parted -s "${FREELO}" set 1 lba off || true
- if [ "${LB_PRIMARY_BOOTLOADER}" = "syslinux" ]
+ if [ "${_BOOTLOADER}" = "syslinux" ]
then
dd if=/usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin of=${FREELO} bs=440 count=1
+
+ elif [ "${_BOOTLOADER}" = "extlinux" ]
+ then
+ dd if=/usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin of=${FREELO} bs=440 count=1
fi
;;
esac
@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@
ntfs)
MKFS="ntfs"
- MKFS_OPTIONS="-L ${LB_HDD_LABEL}"
+ MKFS_OPTIONS="-Q -L ${LB_HDD_LABEL}"
MOUNT_OPTIONS="-t ntfs-3g"
;;
esac
@@ -267,6 +272,9 @@
mkdir -p chroot/binary.tmp
mount ${MOUNT_OPTIONS} ${FREELO} chroot/binary.tmp
cp -T ${CP_OPTIONS} binary/ chroot/binary.tmp
+
+Echo_message "Done..."
+Echo_message "Installing bootloader ${_BOOTLOADER}..."
FIXME()
{
@@ -304,7 +312,7 @@
_SYSLINUX_INSTALLER="syslinux ${FREELO}"
;;
extlinux)
- _SYSLINUX_INSTALLER="extlinux --install /binary.tmp/boot/extlinux"
+ _SYSLINUX_INSTALLER="extlinux --install /binary.tmp/extlinux"
;;
*)
_SYSLINUX_INSTALLER=""
--- a/scripts/build/binary_loopback_cfg
+++ b/scripts/build/binary_loopback_cfg
@@ -134,23 +134,10 @@
hdd*|*)
case ${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM} in
- fat*|ntfs)
- _BOOTLOADER=syslinux
-
- case "${LB_MODE}" in
- progress-linux)
- _TARGET="binary/boot"
- ;;
-
- *)
- _TARGET="binary/syslinux"
- ;;
- esac
- ;;
-
- ext[234]|btrfs)
+
+ ext[234]|btrfs|fat*|ntfs)
_BOOTLOADER=extlinux
- _TARGET="binary/boot/extlinux"
+ _TARGET="binary/extlinux"
;;
*)
Echo_error "syslinux/extlinux doesn't support ${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}"
@@ -193,7 +180,7 @@
do
case ${BOOTLOADER} in
- "syslinux" )
+ "syslinux"|"extlinux" )
FOUND_SYSLINUX="True"
break ;;
esac
--- a/scripts/build/binary_syslinux
+++ b/scripts/build/binary_syslinux
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
do
case ${BOOTLOADER} in
- "syslinux" )
+ "syslinux"|"extlinux" )
FOUND_MYSELF="True"
break ;;
esac
@@ -90,23 +90,18 @@
hdd*|*)
case ${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM} in
- fat*|ntfs)
- _BOOTLOADER=syslinux
-
+ ext[234]|btrfs|fat*|ntfs)
+ _BOOTLOADER=extlinux
+
case "${LB_MODE}" in
progress-linux)
_TARGET="binary/boot"
;;
*)
- _TARGET="binary/syslinux"
+ _TARGET="binary/extlinux"
;;
esac
- ;;
-
- ext[234]|btrfs)
- _BOOTLOADER=extlinux
- _TARGET="binary/boot/extlinux"
;;
*)
Echo_error "syslinux/extlinux doesn't support ${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}"
@@ -327,7 +322,7 @@
case "${LB_MODE}" in
progress-linux)
- for _FILE in "${_TARGET}/isolinux.bin" "${_TARGET}/isolinux.cfg" "${_TARGET}/syslinux.cfg"
+ for _FILE in "${_TARGET}/isolinux.bin" "${_TARGET}/isolinux.cfg" "${_TARGET}/syslinux.cfg" "${_TARGET}/extlinux.cfg"
do
if [ -e "${_FILE}" ]
then
