[syslinux] isolinux.cfg parsing issue

gettinther gettinther at unity-linux.org
Thu Feb 25 14:35:20 PST 2010


On 25 February 2010 22:16, Sebastian Herbszt <herbszt at gmx.de> wrote:
> gettinther wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I've got an interesting development.  If the label contains the
>> string "livecd", the first entry is selected (like "abclivecddef",
>> "123livecd456")
>> I'll change the livecd= call in the append to something else and report
>> back
>
> The livecd starts with gfxboot. If i exit it, return to the prompt and press
> TAB
> it displays odd labels:
>
> LiveCD LiveCD LiveCD Video<random char?>safe<same random char?>mode
> <random char?>VESA LiveCD<random char?>safe<same random char?>mode
> <random char?>VESA
>
> isolinux.cfg got
>
> label LiveCD start - 64bit
> label LiveCD start - 32bit
> label LiveCD alternate start - 32bit
> label Video safe mode - VESA - 32bit
> label LiveCD alternate start - 64bit
> label Video safe mode - VESA - 64bit
>
> Do labels support spaces and custom chars?
>
> - Sebastian
>

The interesting thing is that we have used spaces for nearly a year
now and the correct append functions are selected for each choice
properly.  The issue only appeared once we introduced 2 squashfs
images.




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