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[H. Peter Anvin]

Michael Edwards wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm trying to put together a boot cd using isolinux, but I've run into a 
> problem. The system I'm trying to boot with this cd complains that
> it "Could not find kernel image: linux".
> 
> This is the isolinux.cfg file that I'm using
>    default linux
>    prompt 1
>    timeout 600
>    label linux
>      kernel vmlinuz-2.2.14
>      append initrd=rootfs_new.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=32768
> 
> The files vmlinuz-2.2.14 and rootfs_new.img are both sitting in the 
> isolinux directory.
> 

The name vmlinuz-2.2.14 is not a valid "plain" ISO name (it has two 
dots), so that name will get mangled.  As the isolinux documentation 
says, it's useful to look at your iso mounted with "norock,nojoliet" to 
see filenames the way isolinux does.

	-hpa