[syslinux] isolinux.cfg parsing issue

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Feb 24 09:14:22 PST 2010


On 02/24/2010 06:49 AM, gettinther wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to setup a dual livecd.  However I am getting an
> error with parsing the isolinux.cfg.  I am using 3.84.
> 
> the relevant section of the isolinux.cfg is as follows
> 
> label LiveCD1
>     kernel vmlinuz1
>     append livecd=livecd1 initrd=initrd1.gz root=/dev/rd/3 acpi=on
> splash=silent vga=788 keyb=us fstab=rw,noauto
> label LiveCD2
>     kernel vmlinuz2
>     append livecd=livecd2 initrd=initrd2.gz root=/dev/rd/3 acpi=on
> splash=silent vga=788 keyb=us fstab=rw,noauto
> 
> When written this way, both selections end up opening the same
> squashfs image (livecd1).
> If I write it the other way around:
> 
> label LiveCD2
>     kernel vmlinuz2
>     append livecd=livecd2 initrd=initrd2.gz root=/dev/rd/3 acpi=on
> splash=silent vga=788 keyb=us fstab=rw,noauto
> label LiveCD1
>     kernel vmlinuz1
>     append livecd=livecd1 initrd=initrd1.gz root=/dev/rd/3 acpi=on
> splash=silent vga=788 keyb=us fstab=rw,noauto
> 
> then both selections end up opening the livecd2 image.
> The proper append values seem to be parsed if I offer different options.
> 
> Not sure where to look on this one.
> 

How did you master your disc?  Did you try to look at your disc with
"mount -t iso9660 -o norock,nojoliet"?

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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