[syslinux] bug / incompatibility with USB booting in Syslinux 3.00 pre9 ?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Florent B wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> I'm Florent BERANGER, from Flonix ( http://www.flonix.com ).
> 
> After several tests, we have found that Syslinux 3.00 pre9 is no longer
> compatible with USB stick booting.
> Syslinux 2.13 works fine with this feature.
> 
> Error infos :
> Syslinux 3.00 pre9 only displays its version and a new line with a "a"
> character and then hangs.
> 
> Tests configuration :
> Syslinux applied from : Linux (without options, with -s & -sf) & Windows XP
> Motherboard : MSI K7TPro2 (Award BIOS)
> Boot option : USB-ZIP
> 
>   Best regards,
>     Florent
> 

Is your drive partitioned in any way?

Could you send me (privately) an image of your USB device?

	-hpa