[syslinux] Syslinux vmlinuz name limitation?

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20-07-2008 om 23:41 schreef Bogdan Radulescu:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using syslinux-3.70 and apparently it doesn't allow me to use
> different names for vmlinuz and initrd.gz.

I used last saturday succesfully the name 'lua.c32'

> If I use a name like vmlinuz-nx08 in the config file syslinux seem to be
> reloading everytime I try to boot. If I use vmlinuz and initrd-nx08.gz
> syslinux complains that it can't find the file even though it's there. I
> also tested this from the boot prompt and the menu and the same seems
> to be happening.
>
> When I use the standard vmlinuz and initrd.gz names everything works
> just fine.
>
> Syslinux seems to be going forward nicely and I really enjoy when I
> see it gets significant improvements quite often.
>
> I don't know if anyone else experienced the problems I have but I
> thought that you should know about it. If you need additional info
> I'd be glad to supply it.

Please provide your syslinux conf file.

> One more thing. I'm installing syslinux from linux on a USB drive and
> as a MBR I use mbr.bin
>
> Best regards, Bogdan


Cheers
Geert Stappers