[syslinux] Problem booting extlinux from disk
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Sun Jun 10 11:37:19 PDT 2007
Lai Zit Seng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having a problem booting from a disk installed with extlinux. The
> exact configuration that worked with version 3.36, when upgraded to
> 3.50, appears to still work on the same disk. But if I zap out the disk
> (i.e. start from scratch again) and install extlinux, the disk fails to
> boot. Extlinux stops at the boot: prompt after displaying "Could not
> find kernel image: linux".
>
> It could be that extlinux is not reading its config file (installed
> under /extlinux, and yes I've run "extlinux -i" on the directory). I can
> type the path to my kernel at the boot: prompt and the kernel does boot.
>
That does, indeed, mean that it's not finding its configuration file.
I'll see if I can replicate the problem.
-hpa
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