[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.55-pre5 and 3.60-pre7 - RC status

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Jan 7 10:53:52 PST 2008


Gordon Schumacher wrote:
> Genaldo Leite Nunes <genaldo at glinux.de> wrote on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 
> 07:38:53 +0100
>> I have just tested 3.55-pre4 and 3.60-pre7  both in  QEMU  and
>> real hardware.
>>
>> Both functions as expected in qemu but in the real hardware
>> here are the results:
>>
>> 3.60-pre7  
>>
>>  memdisk:  the system freezes after the messages:
>> Loading memdisk.....
>> Loading win98.img.............................ready.
>>
>> The same happens when loading a linux kernel:
>> Loading vmlinuz.................
>> Loading initrd.gz........................................ready.
>>   
> I get the same thing, both on a Compaq SR1010NX and under VMware.
> 
> 3.60-pre6 works fine on the same setups.
> 

Again, which filesystem (derivative)?

It seems pretty clear that 3.60-pre7 is broken, at least on isolinux.

	-hpa




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