[syslinux] Syslinux vmlinuz name limitation?

[Mathieu Terrasson]

Hi,

Does vmlinuz-nx08 has the goo rights ?

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Bogdan Radulescu <
bogdan_radulescu99 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello Geert,
>
> Here is my config:
>
> PROMPT 0
> TIMEOUT 100
> DEFAULT xconf
>
> LABEL xconf
> KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz-nx08
> APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd-nx08.gz ramdisk_size=7120 root=/dev/ram0 rw
>
> LABEL linux
> KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
> APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=7120 root=/dev/ram0 rw
>
>
> "xconf" doesn't work and "linux" works just fine.
>
> Bogdan
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 7/21/08, Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> wrote:
>
> > From: Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl>
> > Subject: Re: [syslinux] Syslinux vmlinuz name limitation?
> > To: syslinux at zytor.com
> > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 1:28 PM
> > 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
> >
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