[syslinux] FW: EXTLIUX.SYS hangs

Quinn plattel at tiscali.dk
Sun Jun 5 05:29:23 PDT 2005


Mike Andrews wrote:

>I need help to get extlinux to work.
>
>I am tiring to boot /dev/hda1 with a ext2 file system. I am using extlinux
>3.08 and installed it in the /boot directory with "/sbin/extlinux /boot" and
>set up the mbr with "cat mbr.bin > /dev/hda". The installer reported "/boot
>device is /dev/hda1".
>
>On booting extlinux.sys runs and displays "EXTLINUX 3.08 2005-05-19" but not
>the copyright message.
>
>  
>
Try version 3.07.  A lot of people reported that 3.07 solves the hang 
issues that is present
in the 3.08 version of extlinux.sys.

Quinn





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