[syslinux] isolinux cd does not boot

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Feb 22 09:18:02 PST 2006


Filippo Carletti wrote:
> 
> Using isoinfo -d we noted that all previously working cd had the boot 
> catalog stored on sector 171, while the cd that didn't boot had it on 173.
> 
> We didn't find a pattern of machines/bios that have this problem, and 
> only identified sector 173 as problematic.
> 
> As a workaround, removing joilet extensions also moves boot.cat on a 
> different sector and the cd boots.
> 
> Do you know of other sectors where boot catalog shouldn't be?
> 

Well, all WinNT CDs seem to be on sector 18, which probably the best.

	-hpa




More information about the Syslinux mailing list