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

[Nick]

Actually, I did not use syslinux 3.xx since when I found 3.x I started
using extlinux.  The version of syslinux is 2.11.

> 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
>