[syslinux] bug in syslinux-1.71 w. large Linux-kernel

[H. Peter Anvin]

>
> first of all: syslinux is really a good bootloader and since there is
> isolinux making boot-cds is fun -- thanks for the great work.
>
> I had some problems with syslinux-1.71 loading l bigger 2.4.18-kernel.
> The error was something like "Boot failed: press any key ..." that
> brought my back to the boot-prompt of syslinux.
> A check with syslinux-1.67 showed no problems.
>
> Sizes of the kernels:
> 	$ du -k 2418*
> 	592     2418.01
> 	612     2418.02
>
> 2418.01 works fine with 1.71 but 2418.02 does not. Both work with 1.67.
>

Are they zImage or bzImage?  What system are you using (the more details
the better)?  Can you please send a dump of the E820 memory map (should be
displayed by the kernel on boot.)  Are you using syslinux, pxelinux or
isolinux (since you mentioned it, I thought I'd like to make sure)?  Are
you booting from a floppy or hard disk?  What does your configuration file
look like?