[syslinux] USB key: CBIOS line printed, nothing else

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Sep 6 17:13:22 PDT 2006


Josh Lehan wrote:
> Fulko Hew wrote:
>> I have similar problem/symptom when trying to boot Fedora Core 5 and 6
>> off of CD/DVD on my laptop.  I discovered a workaround that works for
>> some versions, for me, like using the following at the boot prompt:
>>
>> knoppix initrd=initrd.img
>>
>> It may not help you, but give it a try.
> 
> Thanks, but the problem is that SYSLINUX isn't "seeing" the config file 
> at all.  "linux" does not work.  "knoppix" does not work.  The kernel 
> images just aren't being found.  Finding the initrd isn't the problem, 
> but thanks anyway.
> 

It almost sounds as if syslinux had a hard time reading the directory...

	-hpa




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