[syslinux] Problem booting extlinux from disk

[H. Peter Anvin]

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.
> 
> Appreciate any help :)
> 

I think I've found the bug and fixed it.

Please test out syslinux-3.51-pre1.

This really underscores the importance of testing out prereleases,
especially once release candidate status has been announced.  We could
have caught this one sooner.

	-hpa