[syslinux] isolinux 2.0+ won't boot from DVD

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jun 17 16:28:28 PDT 2003


Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> 
> The kernels are in the isolinux directory (vmlinuz, vmlinuz80,
> vmlinuz73).  I have isolinux.cfg setup to boot from these kernels.
> 
> Maybe it is not the size, but something else.  I just tried a 1.7GB iso
> image that only had the isolinux directory and some large files.  The
> large files I created with `dd if=/dev/zero bs=2k count=500000
> of=i386/zero`.  That booted just fine.  I am in the process of creating
> a 4GB image same way to see if it boots.
> 

Yes, but it's really hard to even guess the problems without access to
the hardware.  31/32-bit wraparound was the obvious candidate.

	-hpa





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