[syslinux] [Fwd: pxelinux doesn't suppress common prefix if nothing precedes double colon]

[H. Peter Anvin]

Paul Whittaker wrote:
> 
> As you can see, this loads the kernel (/diet-pc/bzImage) correctly, but 
> fails to remove the /pxelinux,/ prefix from the initrd.  Is this simply 
> because prefix suppression is not supported on initrd filenames?  The 
> documentation - and a quick look at runkernel.inc - gives me no reason 
> to suspect that prefix suppression is limited to kernels only.
> 

It's not.  I suspect there is a bug in the codepath taken by the menu 
systems, specifically in comboot API function 0016h ("Run kernel 
image").  Investigating.

	-hpa