[syslinux] ISOLINUX boot problem: request for help

[H. Peter Anvin]

Peter Bartke wrote:
> 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.

That is probably wise, especially the -sort option.

	-hpa