[syslinux] Unknown keyword in syslinux.cfg
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Jan 2 14:49:25 PST 2008
J David Eisenberg wrote:
> Using versions 3.53 and 3.54, I get that message with the following
> configuration file (which is under 8192 bytes) on a USB stick; it's the
> configuration file from PCLinuxOS 2007. It was originally named
> isolinux.cfg; I changed isolinux.* to syslinux* for booting from USB.
> There is no blank line at the end of the file.
>
> It works well with 3.11, but that version doesn't allow me to put all the
> files in a /syslinux directory. I suspect the culprit is "gfxboot" --
> what can I use instead of it?
gfxboot is not supported in stock syslinux - it's a local hack some
distributions put in.
Try using vesamenu.c32 instead.
-hpa
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