[syslinux] memdisk image problems on shuttle hardware

[Andrew Stuart]

hpa,

Seeing your post about 3.71, I wanted to get a message out even though I 
don't have the stats right now.

I am having a problem with memdisk with a lot of shuttle computers, but 
also affects a variety of other hardware (low though, 5%? less?).

The image that I can most reliably test against is the Hitachi Drive 
fitness Test. 
(http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG)

It boots the image normally, then spits out Operating System not found 
(or some such, basically the image loads but doesn't work)

I think I saw at one point that an ancient version of syslinux/memdisk 
worked fine (2x era), but I am not positive. I will be sure to test that 
  asap to confirm.

I have tried the various raw/bigraw/safeint/edd/noedd without luck.

Any chance you would have access to a shuttle you can test against? 
otherwise I will investigate setting up a serial console to the box and 
getting you remote access.

I have tested against 3.70 and still have the same problem. By chance is 
there a way to set a pause or some such, as some of the output of 
memdisk scrolls off the screen too fast for me to read.

I will follow up hopefully tonight with what output I do see. (problem 
being it's away from my workstation, and I don't have a camera that I 
think would give a clear picture)

-Andrew