[syslinux] ISOLINUX boot problem: request for help

[Peter Bartke]

H. Peter Anvin schrieb am Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 07:25:00AM -0700:
> 
> It probably isn't the kernel so much as the exact alignment mkisofs ends
> up using to put it on the CD, i.e. it depends mostly on other files.
> This has been reported a number of times; I just haven't found a
> workaround for it.  It's a massive problem that the BIOS doesn't report
> an error, but instead fail silently.  This makes it very, very hard for
> ISOLINUX to know that a workaround is needed.
> 
> Since you happen to have a very reproducible case even when isolinux.bin
> is changed, this might be very valuable.  I'm about to embark a plane,
> but I will think about what kind of workarounds could possibly help.

Please tell when you have got ideas for testing this case. 

What I am trying now: systematically playing with `mkisofs' options to
look for a bootable combination.

Peter