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

[H. Peter Anvin]

Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> Well, I have some more information and I have narrowed down the scope a
> bit.  Of course, this may all be a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy,
> but this is what I have deduced...
> 
> In the iso image, I have several directories, including RedHat/RPMS and
> SRPMS.
> The RedHat/RPMS contains the rpm files, and the SRPMS contains the
> src.rpm files.  When I remove the SRPMS directory, isolinux will boot.
> If I remove the corresponding rpm file, I can put the src.rpm file in
> the SRPMS directory and it will boot.  It seems that isolinux-2.0x is
> confused when I have an rpm file and it's src.rpm file.  E.g., if I have
> RedHat/RPMS/autofs-4.0.0pre10.9-1.i386.rpm and
> SRPMS/autofs-4.0.0pre10.9-1.src.rpm, isolinux-2.00 will not boot.
> 
> When I mount the resultant iso image with -o loop,norock,nojoliet the
> files look like this:
> 
> [root at blah temp]# la temp/redhat/rpms/autofs_4_0_0pre10_9_1_i386.rpm
> -r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root        69964 Apr 14 13:15
> temp/redhat/rpms/autofs_4_0_0pre10_9_1_i386.rpm
> 
> [root at blah temp]# la temp/srpms/autofs_4_0_0pre10_9_1_src.rpm
> -r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root        95147 Apr 18 15:44
> temp/srpms/autofs_4_0_0pre10_9_1_src.rpm
> 

You're not booting from this directory, though, presumably, so I don't
see how that would matter...

	-hpa