[syslinux] isolinux problem: recent kernel versions vs. old hardware

[Michael Prokop]

* Luciano Rocha <strange at nsk.no-ip.org> [20080214 23:44]:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 07:06:20PM +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
> > * H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> [20080214 18:39]:

> > > Also, how did you create your iso filesystem?

> > mkisofs -V 'grml 0.1' -publisher 'grml-live | grml.org' -l -r \
> >         -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table   \
> >         -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin                         \
> >         -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -o /path/to/grml_0.1.iso .

> You're not using -pad. I suggest you use it, as some readers/OSs are
> somewhat problematic.

Hm, according to man mkisofs(8) this should be the default (that's
why I dropped it):

,---- [ % man 8 mkisofs ]
| -pad   Pad  the  end  of  the whole image by 150 sectors (300 kB).
|        This option is enabled by default. [...]
`----

thx && regards,
-mika-
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