[syslinux] EDD errors from extlinux on USB

[H. Peter Anvin]

Sorry, no, I didn't see an attachment... will look again when I'm next at a real computer.

"Ferenc Wagner" <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:

>"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:
>
>> On 07/13/2010 01:40 PM, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>> 
>>> What else could I add beyond the dmidecode output?
>>
>> dmidecode is fine.
>
>Does it mean you got the attachment, or that it would be fine?
>
>>> But let me stress again that the same computer boots my pendrive
>>> (carrying Syslinux 4.00 pre47) perfectly.  I don't dare to test the
>>> pendrive with current git Syslinux, because if that failed, I'd lose my
>>> access to this computer (and I'm in a far village spending holidays).
>>> 
>>> Okay, after looking at it some more, I found a clue: my Olympus digital
>>> camera is actually recognized by this BIOS as a removable (floppy)
>>> drive, not as an HDD!  This certainly confuses Syslinux.  My pendrive is
>>> correctly recognized as an HDD, and I found no BIOS option to change the
>>> type of the USB storage device.  I wonder what the decision of the BIOS
>>> is based on...
>>
>> The BIOS probably makes that determination based on the size of the
>> device.
>
>My pendrive is 2 GB and my xD card is 128 MB, so it's possible, but 128
>MB is still gross for a floppy...
>
>> If you have a chance to try the patch that would be great, because
>> it's always better if Syslinux can do the right thing automatically as
>> opposed to requiring user intervention.
>
>Especially that there's no actual chance of user intervention here, so
>doing the right thing is the only option. :)
>The patch definitely helped, but some error messages remained:
>
>SYSLINUX 4.02 pre-1-g0ee5047 CHS Copyright (C) 1994-2010...
>EDD: Error 0100 reading sector 0
>EDD: Error 0100 reading sector 65
>EDD: Error 0100 reading sector 91057
>EDD: Error 0100 reading sector 91953
>Could not find kernel image: menu.c32
>boot:
>
>I really forgot to copy menu.c32 onto my camera, so that error is fine.
>Typing gpxe.lkrn provoked some more similar EDD error messages, but the
>image was loaded and started successfully.
>-- 
>Thanks,
>Feri.

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