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How to install Syslinux on Ubuntu 13.04?

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I really searched a lot in Google, but i don't found anything. I want to replace my GRUB with Syslinux. I just installed syslinux with sudo apt-get install syslinux (alias, it seems it was already installed) but I don't know how to set it to be the bootloader. I tried syslinux-install_update -ima just like in Archlinux, but it failed. What can I do?

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answered 2 Years ago ovierman · Accepted Answer

I use ExtLinux, a variant of syslinux on Ubuntu 14.

You can find a very detailed installation guide here.

A quick summary of the procedure:

Download the software:

sudo apt-get install extlinux syslinux-common

Install the bootloader:

sudo extlinux --install /boot/extlinux

Make sure the partion is marked as bootable using Gparted

Replace the GRUB2 MBR with the one used by extlinux:

sudo cat /usr/lib/extlinux/mbr.bin >/dev/sda

Setup the menu:

sudo cp -pv /usr/lib/syslinux/menu /boot/extlinux

Enable chain loading of Windows:

sudo cp -pv /usr/lib/syslinux/chain.c32 /boot/extlinux

Let ubuntu detect the OS's and built the menu

sudo extlinux-update

Reboot to test if it works.

Steps 5 and 6 maybe done automatically by extlinux-update.