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I want to execute a script in Syslinux. Is this possible?

To be more specific: I want to write a one-time-windows-boot-script that does the following:

  1. reboot into windows,
  2. on the next reboot: reboot into Linux.

I thought, this should be possible by writing for (1) a script that sets my Windows partition as default in syslinux.cfg and for (2) a script that sets the Linux partition as default again.

As far as I understand Syslinux, I can only set options in the configuration but not execute scripts.. would something like this be possible with Syslinux or another bootmanager?

PS: I intent to use this with MBR.

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  • I have got exactly the same usecase, have you got an answer in the meantime. changing the syslinux.cfg from within windows 7 may help, but ext2fs or similar did not work successfully so far. best regards Uwe Damm Commented Aug 28, 2013 at 21:09
  • Hi Uwe, no, nothing so far. Commented Aug 29, 2013 at 8:25

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Set up a script in Linux that gets executed at shutdown and alters syslinux.cfg accordingly. That's for the 1st part. For the second part, maybe doing the same is possible with Windows, but I wouldn't know.

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  • But this would alter syslinux.cfg on every reboot of Linux Commented Jul 17, 2013 at 14:59

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