[syslinux] Syslinux cannot load memtest 86

[H. Peter Anvin]

Eaden McKee wrote:
>>
>>No, this is news to me.  Not many people use the old kernel image format
>>anymore.  It looks like isolinux thinks you're trying to load an initrd
>>(which is impossible with the old kernel format.)  This is pretty
>>clearly an isolinux bug.
> 
> Ok, well when I get a chance, I'll run with isolinux-debug if it helps. 

It won't help.  I have a pretty good idea of what the problem is.

> In the mean time, memtest86 comes as a floppy image too. Is that a more 
> failsafe way of booting it with isolinux?
> 
> What would the config in isolinux.cfg to boot the memtest86 floppy image? ( 
> it's a 1.44 )

The best bet for the floppy image is to not use isolinux, but make the
floppy image the El Torito boot image.

	-hpa