[syslinux] extlinux "boot failed" on older (pentium 3) motherboards

[H. Peter Anvin]

Nick wrote:
> I get this exact message (case preserved):
> 
> Boot failed
> 
> And nothing more.  It appears right after the second bios screen (the one
> that gives the disk/com port/pci info, etc).  It is in the same place
> where I should see the "extlinux" line when the booting starts.
> 
> I am using the mbr that comes with syslinux (3.07 BTW).
> 
> Just for the hell of it, I did a fdisk /mbr.  I ended up with the same
> error message.
> 

You say this works with syslinux 3.xx using a FAT filesystem?

	-hpa