[syslinux] Boots from prompt but not from syslinux.cfg

[H. Peter Anvin]

CheeChun Kok wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with syslinux.cfg.  I can boot successfully by typing
> on the boot: prompt but not from an entry in syslinux.cfg.
> 
> The command line is 
> boot: vmlinuz initrd=dvzip1.img root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=8192<enter>
> 
> However if I enter the label of the kernel to boot, it fails to run
> /sbin/init and in its absence /sbin/sh.  The kernel boots correctly but
> gets stuck after the following messages, after which I have to do a hard
> reboot.
> 


Dumb question: could you please make sure the last line of your 
syslinux.cfg ends with a newline?

	-hpa