[syslinux] EXTLINUX 4.02 can't boot Windows partition

[Alec Moskvin]

Hello,

I use the extlinux bootloader, and I've recently discovered that the
current version can no longer boot Windows. The message it flashes is
"Requested partition not found!"

After downgrading to the version 3.86, it was able boot correctly.

Unfortunately, I do not know in which was the last version which was
able to boot Windows (I rarely boot it), but I am pretty sure that
4.00-pre47 did.

Here's the relevant section of the extlinux config:

label windows
	menu label Windows XP
	kernel chain.c32
	append hd0 3

Here's the output of "fdisk -l":

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xad2bad2b

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63       80324       40131   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           80325   160248374    80084025    5  Extended
/dev/sda3       160248375   234436544    37094085    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5           80326   158224184    79071929+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6       158224186   159236279      506047   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7       159236281   160248374      506047   83  Linux

If you need any additional information, I'd be glad to provide it.

Alec