[syslinux] syslinux can't read the configuration file on USB

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 05/16/2010 01:08 PM, Noam Meltzer wrote:
>>>
>> Can you try syslinux-4.00-pre45:
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/
>>
>> In Syslinux 4.xx, filesystems are implemented in C instead of assembler.
>> So Syslinux 4.xx may work.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry, I should have mentioned it, but I tried 4.00-pre40 and I had the same
> problem...
> 

Please do try 4.00-pre45; there are a bunch of bug fixes since -pre40.

It would be good if you could post an image of the USB disk; if you zero
out the entire stick (with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX...) before
building the filesystem on it then it will compress better.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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