[syslinux] Failed to boot USB drive via syslinux if kernel is not in /

[Geert Stappers]

Op 04-03-2008 om 23:18 schreef Steven Shiau:
> ------------------
> Booting error message:
> SYSLINUX 3.11 Debian-2007-03-12 EBIOS
           ^^^^
    <snip/>
> On the other hand, if we move /casper/vmlinuz1 to /vmlinuz, and change
> the syslinux.cfg as:
> ------------------
> label live
> kernel vmlinuz1
> append initrd=initrd1.img boot=casper  username=casper hostname=debian
> vga=788 ip=frommedia
> ------------------
> then the USB flash drive boots successfully.
> Is that true that we can only put kernel in the root directory ?

Recent versions, current version is 3.62, are aware of subdirecties.


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