[syslinux] Syslinux vmlinuz name limitation?

[Luciano Rocha]

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:41:12PM -0700, Bogdan Radulescu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using syslinux-3.70 and apparently it doesn't allow me to use different names for vmlinuz and initrd.gz.
> 
> 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.

Maybe it has changed recently, but syslinux didn't support long file
names on DOS/Windows filesystems, so the vmlinuz-nx08 and initrd-nx08.gz
don't exist as far as it's concerned.

Try using vmlinuz.nx8 and initrd.nx8, or nx08.kn and nx08.rd. You get
the idea...

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