[syslinux] RE: isolinux problem report

[Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com]

Versions 2.00 and 2.04 work just fine, I haven't tested 2.01-2.03. So, the
below applies to version 2.05 only.
Thanks,
Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Michael E 
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:39 PM
To: 'syslinux at zytor.com'
Subject: isolinux problem report


I have tried to use isolinux 2.05, and I am running into a problem where it
will not boot. I have previously used version 1.66, and the older version
works just fine. Changing nothing except dropping the new version in does
not work.

Below is all of the relevant info, I believe. This occurs on multiple
machines with different BIOS. I am currently in process of doing a binary
search to find the last working version.

Using isolinux-debug.bin, and I get the following output:

ISOLINUX 2.05 2003-07-16  Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin
isolinux: Starting up, DL = 82
isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 82
isolinux: Loading main image from LBA = 0000A574
isolinux: Sectors to load = 0004
isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code...
isolinux: Root directory at LBA = 00000031

The mkisofs command that I use to create the ISO is:

mkisofs -o $NAME \
	 -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.catalog \
	 -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
	 -pad -r -J -hide-joliet-trans-tbl \
	 -P "Dell Computer Corp" \
	 -V "SA-BUILD-${BUILD}-CUSTOM-${CUST_BUILD_NO}" \
	 -A "$(product_name)"\
	 $DIR/../ 

The isolinux.cfg file looks like this:

default quiet				
prompt 1				
timeout 100				
display message.txt			
label quiet				
	kernel SA.1			
	append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/ DEBUG=0 quiet
	
label debug				
	kernel SA.1			
	append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/ DEBUG=9	

label linux				
	kernel SA.1			
	append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/