grub4dos vs syslinux

[Jadestar]

My network boot uses what I assume to be syslinux (memdisk and all that) through pxe.linux and tftpd (im sure im way out to lunch on exactly what im doing, ill try to be clear) and so I use memdisk to load basically everything.

I have heard of another loader called grub4dos and it seems to be fairly good, but what I'm wondering is..what is the difference between these 2 different methods? Is there something that grub can load that syslinux cant?

Thanks,

[jaclaz]

And the answer is ......

.....yes and no.

grub4dos and syslinux are generally developed "in parallel", though the developer teams are different, as soon as one of the two gets to make a new feature work, the other one adds it and viceversa.

When it comes to choosing it is more a matter of personal experience and "feeling" than anything else, but also remember that they are pretty much exchangeable, as grub4dos can generally chainload Syslinux and Syslinux can load grub4dos.

I personally prefer grub4dos because of it's command line capabilities and the fact that the same loader works on all media, others prefer Isolinux/Syslinux:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8546

Where to find info about both:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=66

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=92

jaclaz