[syslinux] Syslinux on USB not seeing any files

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Nov 6 20:17:54 PST 2008


Jernej Simončič wrote:
> I've got a bootable USB pendrive with Syslinux 3.72, and while it
> usually works, there are a few computers, where I get the syslinux
> prompt, but it neither loads the configuration file, nor I'm able to
> boot anything. The only message I get on screen (apart from boot:) is
> "Could not find kernel image: linux".

Presumably you also get the Syslinux banner screen.  Does it say CBIOS
or EBIOS?

> The configuration (and kernels) are in syslinux directory, but even
> moving them to root (or naming one of them linux) doesn't help. The
> pendrive is SanDisk Cruzer Contour 16GB, FAT32 formatted with
> mkdiskimage.
> 
> One board where this happens is Gigabyte GA-8ST800 (both with BIOS
> versions F3 and F4).

What BIOS vendor?

> Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?

If you have multiple USB modes, make sure you try both USB-HDD and
USB-ZIP, and that you format your pendrive with zipdrive geometry (64
heads/32 sectors.)

	-hpa




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