[syslinux] isolinux boot issue...

[Tom Lisjac]

I'm creating a Linux "live" CD that boots just fine on our newer
machines... but isolinux is not working on some of our older ones. The
older boxes work fine with boot floppy image systems like Knoppix... so
I'm wondering if there's something more I can do to make them happier
with isolinux? 

By "older", I mean a generic P-120 motherboard with an Award v4.50PG
bios. The hard drives have also been removed... so I tried moving the CD
to the first IDE controller which didn't help. I'm using the debug
isolinux.bin from syslinux 2.02... but on the older boxes, I don't get
far enough to see any of the messages.

What I do get is:

Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM :

  1. FD (junk*)  System Type-(00)
DISK BOOT FAILURE....

... where there's 3 garbage characters in (junk*)

I'm hoping to resolve this because the school has several hundred of
these machines... and the CD is destined to give them a new lease on
life! :)

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

-Tom