[syslinux] Illegal Opcode,the 2.

Shao Miller sha0.miller at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 14:43:36 PST 2012


On 12/5/2012 12:51, Shao Miller wrote:
> On 12/5/2012 07:30, artreader at gmx.net wrote:
>>
>> It's my fault, pitty on me, mbr-sys is ms-sys (ms-sys.sourceforge.net)
>> ms-sys -z fills MBR with NULL, but "parted mklabel msdos" produces new
>> MBR, than "parted set 1 boot on" updates MBR with default value for
>> the first partition.
>> This sequence works on almost every hardware except those with HP RAID
>> controller, where Illegal Opcode came
>
> Could you please test the Syslinux "convenience" MBR?
>
>    $ cd /path/to/syslinux/
>    $ cat mbr/mbr.bin > /dev/harddisk
>
> Also noted at:
>
>    http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Mbr
>
> If this MBR also fails in the same way, then I guess the MBR can be
> forgotten about. :)

Please don't worry about the MBR, as I think I've found the bug.

Could you please confirm whether or not Syslinux 4.00 works on this HP?

- Shao Miller




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