[syslinux] Syslinux: Broken file reading for fat16 with 3.35+?

[Ram Yalamanchili]

After trying for an hour or two, I couldn't get extlinux to work at all.

I followed directions at: http://syslinux.zytor.com/extlinux.php

Assuming /dev/sdc is my USB key, i did:

fdisk - create primary partition 1 with ext3.
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1
mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/sdc1
pushd /mnt/sdc1
extlinux -i . (also tried extlinux -i -z .)
cp /tmp/syslinux.cfg extlinux.conf (also copied to extlinux.cfg,
syslinux.cfg just in case)
popd
umount /mnt/sdc1
dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc

try to boot machine.

Got "Missing Operating System" as the error. This is with 3.32pre8
which works fine for me on syslinux. I'll be done for the rest of the
week, so Peter, if you would like any further feedback from me, i can
try to before today evening or on monday 12th.

--
Ram

On 2/6/07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> Ram Yalamanchili wrote:
> > Alright, I narrowed it down to the patchset.
> >
> > I tried 3.31, 3.32pre2, pre6, pre8 -- all working
> > 3.35-pre1, pre2, 3.35 -- all failing
> >
> > Something happened from 3.32-pre8 to 3.35-pre1 which is messing up the
> > file reading part i think. Are you able to reproduce this? I tested on
> > 3 machines with the USB key and all have the same issue. (Dell
> > Poweredge 1800, 1900, and my acer laptop).
> >
>
> Could you do me a favour?  Could you check if the same thing happens
> with *extlinux* as opposed to syslinux?
>
>         -hpa
>