[syslinux] isolinux 2.0+ won't boot from DVD
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jun 17 16:28:28 PDT 2003
Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
>
> The kernels are in the isolinux directory (vmlinuz, vmlinuz80,
> vmlinuz73). I have isolinux.cfg setup to boot from these kernels.
>
> Maybe it is not the size, but something else. I just tried a 1.7GB iso
> image that only had the isolinux directory and some large files. The
> large files I created with `dd if=/dev/zero bs=2k count=500000
> of=i386/zero`. That booted just fine. I am in the process of creating
> a 4GB image same way to see if it boots.
>
Yes, but it's really hard to even guess the problems without access to
the hardware. 31/32-bit wraparound was the obvious candidate.
-hpa
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