= Specification of Fli4l Harddisk Installation =
== Partition names ==
Describe naming of partitions depending on ide/scsi, primary/secondary ide controller, primary/extended partitions ...

== Syslinux Spec ==
=== Partition and Filesystem ===

 * boot partition has to be
   * primary
   * fat (syslinux doesn't understand fat32)
   * active (bootable)

 * opt and data partition ext3 file system
 * swap partition

   || Partition type || Size || Format command ||
   ||||||  boot partition ||
   || 1   || < 32MB   || mkdosfs -F 12 /dev/''device'' ||
   || 4              || ?         || mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/''device'' ||
   |||||| opt and data partition ||
   || 83  ||             || mke2fs -j /dev/''device''  ||
   |||||| swap partition ||
   || 82  ||  multiple of 32 MB           ||  mkswap /dev/''device'' ||

=== Syslinux Installation ===
 * Linux
   {{{
 syslinux /dev/device 
   }}}

 * Windows
   {{{
 syslinux drive
   }}}

== /boot/hd.cfg - Config file ==

 * during boot fli4l reads /boot/hd.cfg and mounts all partition specified there

 * variables and meanings

 || Variable      || Meaning ||
 || hd_boot       || boot device, not used ||
 || hd_opt        || opt partition, ext3 partition containing fli4l files ||
 || hd_swap       || swap partition ||
 || hd_data       || additional data ext3 partition ||
 || recoverytime  || recovery time, default 60s ||


= Fli4l configuration and Files to transfer =

 * BOOT_TYPE='hd'
 * KERNEL_BOOT_OPTION='boot=device' # device without /dev/ prefix
  
  Fli4l searches for valid partitions and mounts the very first as
  /boot to read the Fli4l files from there. Fli4l checks for the
  following partitions:  hda1, hdc1, nftla1, sda1. If your partition
  is not found or not the first valid partition you have to specify
  boot= as kernel parameter

 * mount fli4l partition to /boot
  
   {{{
     umount /boot
     mount -t vfat -w /dev/device /boot
   }}}

 * Files to transfer to /boot
   * kernel
   * rootfs.img
   * opt_tar.bz2
   * rc.cfg 
   * syslinux.cfg
   * hd.cfg (written by yourself)

= Other Bootloaders =

== Requirements ==
 * initrd support
 * kernel command line support
 * examples: grub, lilo, loadlin

== Partition and Filesystem ==

 * boot type hd
   * boot partition
     * any partition the bootloader can handle
     * files on boot partition:
       * kernel
       * rootfs.img
   * fli4l partition
     * use KERNEL_BOOT_OPTION='boot=device' to specify your fli4l partition
     * any fat partition formatted with vfat files system
     * files on boot partition:
       * opt_tar.bz2
       * rc.cfg 
       * hd.cfg (written by yourself)
      
 * boot type integrated
   * boot partition
     * any partition the bootloader can handle   
     * files on boot partition:
       * kernel
       * rootfs.img
   * append hd.cfg to rootfs.img by placing it into your config dir under boot/hd.cfg and adding the following line to opt/hd.txt:
     {{{
 mount         yes       rootfs:boot/hd.cfg mode=555 flags=sh
     }}}

== Command Line ==

 * take the APPEND line of the generated syslinux.cfg and append it to the kernel command line using the feature of your boot loader

= Examples =

Add your examples here ...