[syslinux] "Floating point exception" when running linux/syslinux using syslinux 3.72

[Steven Shiau]

Hi hpa,
Sure. However, looks like I have to upgrade some of the programs on 
Debian etch before compiling it.
Never mind, it works on Debian lenny and my Fedora 9 box.
Thanks again.

Regards,
Steven.


H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Steven Shiau wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I got "Floating point exception" when running linux/syslinux using
>> syslinux 3.72.
>> How to reproduce:
>> 1. On debian Etch, kernel 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686
>> 2. wget
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.72.tar.bz2
>> 3. tar xvjf syslinux-3.72.tar.bz2
>> 4. syslinux-3.72/linux/syslinux --help
>> 5. An error message "Floating point exception" was shown.
>>
>> Same problem for
>> http://free.nchc.org.tw/syslinux/Testing/syslinux-3.73-pre6.tar.bz2.
>>
>> It's OK when using syslinux 3.71.
>> Does anyone has same problem ?
>>
> 
> Try doing:
> 
>     make clean
>     make installer
> 
> ... to recompile the installer for your particular distro.
> 
>     -hpa

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