[syslinux] isolinux regression? / problem? v3.50 and newer.

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andrew Stuart wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have been using isolinux with Microsoft's cdimage.exe for my Utility / 
> Preinstallation cds. I just upgraded from 3.36 to 3.55 and found it to 
> be non functional. I didn't use the -debug version, it just hangs at the 
> version banner. I went through several previous versions, and it appears 
> that 3.50-pre23 is the last working version. I didn't see anything 
> between that and 3.50-release?! 3.55 was tested as a burned cd on 
> several machines, all version testing after was with vmware and iso image.
> 
> Of course this could be some change that I didn't see listed, and I need 
> to modify my procedure for. I am using cdimage as I had issues with 
> mkisofs previously. I don't recall what / why. I can try mkisofs again 
> later.

mkisofs might help, since the lack of boot info table seems to be biting 
you.

> isolinux: No boot info table, assuming single session disk...
> isolinux: Spec packet missing LBA information, trying to wing it...

This means that neither the boot info table nor the spec packet has the 
appropriate information.

Clearly something is still wrong in the "winging it" code.  I don't get 
around to testing it much.

	-hpa