syslinux trials

0) for initramfs: go run buildimage.go -u '-build=bb -files '/home/brandonjakobson/linux/arch/x86/boot/bzImage''


1) within Gparted: deleted /dev/sdb1 (my usb stick)

2) within Gparted: made new fat32 partition and set it up

3) downloaded syslinux 6.0.4

4) sudo apt-get install mtools

5) sudo apt-get install libc6-i386

6) within /Downloads/syslinux-6.03/bios/linux: sudo ./syslinux -i /dev/sdb1

7) within my USB stick: drag and drop these files from syslinux: libcom32.c32, libutil.c32, syslinux.cfg, vesamenu.c32

8) within /Downloads/syslinux-6.03/bios/mbr: sudo dd bs=440 count=1 conv=notrunc if=mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb ; sudo parted /dev/sdb set 1 boot on

9) take bzImage and initramfs and place in new folder inside USB called "boot"

WHAT'S INSIDE SYSLINUX.CFG:

UI vesamenu.c32
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 300
MENU TITLE Brandon Jakobson
MENU WIDTH 72
MENU MARGIN 10
MENU ROWS 15
MENU VSHIFT 3
MENU HSHIIFT 6


LABEL webboot
KERNEL /boot/bzImage
APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=/boot/initramfs.linux_amd64.cpio memmap=4G!4G
console=ttyS0 console=tty0
To run:

sudo apt-get install qemu

sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -hda /dev/sdx (replace x with the letter of the usb stick, such as /sdb)