[syslinux] syslinux 3.07 fails on MSI Hermes 651 boxes

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

When trying to boot a 2.88M syslinux 3.07 image from the boot area of a CD on 
an MSI Hermes 651, it says "SYSLINUX 3.07 2005-01-12 ", then hangs forever.

On any other machine I've tried, the same CD displays my boot.msg after this 
message, and then boots the kernels listed in the configs.

Any idea what's causing this, and how to fix/work around it?

LLaP
bero