[syslinux] problem solved

[H. Peter Anvin]

Michael Prokop wrote:
> * Michael Prokop <news at michael-prokop.at> [20080213 12:30]:
> 
>> recent isolinux versions work fine with current linux kernels on
>> current hardware. But on older hardware there isn't a bootsplash
>> visible at all - like if there isn't a CD in the tray. :(
> [...]
> 
> Alright, looks like we¹ located the problem: the /boot/isolinux/
> directory seems to be too big for older systems. It was about 12MB
> of space. Now I've minimized the content of /boot/isolinux/ and
> isolinux version 3.61 seems to work fine on older hardware again.
> 
> HPA, do you have any idea for the reason of this problem? Maybe this
> could be mentioned somewhere in the docs, so other users don't fall
> into this trap?
> 
> ¹ Credits for testing to Andrea Mayr and Wernfried Haas.
> 

It's a well-known issue that the boot catalog and boot file might have 
to be early on in the disk for old systems to work right.  I believe I 
have mentioned using the mkisofs -sort option to make that happen.

	-hpa