[syslinux] Is there debug version of syslinux?

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Feb 11 18:02:19 PST 2008


Bo Xie wrote:
> According to http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php, ISOLinux has debug version.
> -----http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php---
> ISOLINUX is by default built in two versions, one version with extra
> debugging messages enabled.
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> My question is: Is there similar debug version for syslinux?
> 
> PS. My USB Key uses syslinux 3.11. When it boots, it shows "loading
> linux....\n Loading initrd.gz....", then blank screen. I have not seen
> any linux kernel's debug message. I want to know whether it is a
> syslinux issue or linux kernel issue.
> 
> Note: The same usb key boots OK on another machine and it shows linux
> kernel's debug message. Then I guess there is an incompatibility issue
> between the failed machine and syslinux 3.11 (or my linux kernel).
> 

No, there isn't.

You may want to try a newer version; the latest version is 3.61.

	-hpa




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