[syslinux] USB key: CBIOS line printed, nothing else

[H. Peter Anvin]

Josh Lehan wrote:
> 
>> I do have to admit that I never saw that CBIOS prompt at all.
>> I do however get the message that the kernel "Linux" could not be
>> found, when the key is FAT32 and detected as floppy (the bios has no
>> other option for me).
> 
> That's strange to not get the CBIOS prompt.  Usually, you get one line 
> of text containing the string "CBIOS" (or "EBIOS").  Maybe this line 
> only appears when the SYSLINUX.CFG file could not be found at all.  Try 
> putting in a SAY line in your SYSLINUX.CFG file, to know if it's being 
> found or not.  In your case, SYSLINUX may indeed be finding the 
> SYSLINUX.CFG file correctly, but then not finding anything beyond that....
> 

It's relatively new; I think it was added in 3.11.

	-hpa