[syslinux] syslinux problem... (?)

[Gene Cumm]

On Nov 25, 2012 1:00 PM, "Δημήτρης Ανδριόπουλος" <anyidea at hol.gr> wrote:
>
> I'm an archlinux user. Arch linux installation ISO uses syslinux as bootloader
>
> I'm coping (not verbatim) this from bugs.archlinux.org/32774
>
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> I wrote:
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> The CD boots fine, but when it reaches at the initial screen which displays the
> available options (Install x86_32 or x86_64 version etc) the screen scrolls up
> and I get a screen filled with   [14;5H[H[19;5

Looks like unused ANSI escape sequences.  Please post the contents or
web links to the contents of all Syslinux config files, includung
INCLUDEs and CONFIG references.  Likely (vesa)menu.c32 or gfxboot.c32
was used (hopefully as UI not DEFAULT).

> If I press a key a few times it displays the initial screen for a few moments
> and then it scrolls up again displaying the above strange sequence. This is an
> endless loop.

Sounds like TIMEOUT is set.

> My board is a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R (v1.6) bios version FK.

Sounds like an Intel X58 chipset.  What video card?  Onboard from processor GPU?

> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) replied
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> According to your description such string appears in syslinux screen.
> Verify if it was burned OK MD5SUM is 1ceb835d6b3c8e390d0ec4b6c913dc27. If is
> right, then such BIOS is really broken.
>
> I wrote:
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> I've just checked. MD5SUM is OK.

I presume something like 'dd bs=2048 count=NNN if=/dev/sr0 | md5sum' ?
 I've seen plenty of other people have issues when burning at full
rate and I've personally had some CDs that are unreadable in some
machines so I've standardized on no more than 8xCD and 4xDVD with a
verify.

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-Gene