[syslinux] Problems with syslinux when remastering ubuntu install CD.

Josef Wolf jw at raven.inka.de
Thu Nov 30 22:43:28 PST 2006


On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:45:16PM +0000, Ryan McLean wrote:
> Can you post your isolinux.cfg that works and the one that doesn't so we 
> can see what you are trying to do?

It's the original from ubuntu alternate install CD with only one minor
modification:

--- custom/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.orig   2006-11-30 17:21:51.000000000 +0100
+++ custom/isolinux/isolinux.cfg        2006-11-30 17:22:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 GFXBOOT-BACKGROUND 0xB6875A
 APPEND  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
 LABEL install
-  menu label ^Install in text mode
+  menu label ^Gem install
   kernel /install/vmlinuz
   append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
 LABEL linux


Here's the modified file:


    DEFAULT /install/vmlinuz
GFXBOOT bootlogo
GFXBOOT-BACKGROUND 0xB6875A
APPEND  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
LABEL install
  menu label ^Gem install
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
LABEL linux
  menu hide
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
LABEL cdrom
  menu hide
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
LABEL expert
  menu hide
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed priority=low initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw --
LABEL oem
  menu label Install in ^OEM mode
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed anna/choose_modules=oem-config-udeb initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
LABEL cli
  menu label Install a comm^and-line system
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/cli.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw --
LABEL cli-expert
  menu hide
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/cli.seed priority=low initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw --
LABEL check
  menu label ^Check CD for defects
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  MENU=/bin/cdrom-checker-menu initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw quiet --
LABEL rescue
  menu label ^Rescue a broken system
  kernel /install/vmlinuz
  append  rescue/enable=true initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram rw --
LABEL memtest
  menu label ^Memory test
  kernel /install/mt86plus
  append -
LABEL hd
  menu label ^Boot from first hard disk
  localboot 0x80
  append -
DISPLAY isolinux.txt
TIMEOUT 0
PROMPT 1
F1 f1.txt
F2 f2.txt
F3 f3.txt
F4 f4.txt
F5 f5.txt
F6 f6.txt
F7 f7.txt
F8 f8.txt
F9 f9.txt
F0 f10.txt




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