[syslinux] problem booting files with .bin in their name (eg. memtest86+.bin)

[Gene Cumm]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 23:17, Micah Anderson <micah at riseup.net> wrote:
> It took me forever to figure out why I couldn't tftp boot into
> memtest86+, I had the file "memtest86+.bin" installed into my tftproot,
> and it was being loaded when I selected that menu item, but it would
> result in a series of repeating numbers on the left hand side of the
> screen.
>
> Eventually, after trying a million different things, and then asking
> someone I know who has fought these problems in the past, he suggested
> that in the past there was an issue with syslinux/pxelinux with files
> that had .bin as a suffix.
>
> So, I tried to remove it, and there we go, it works. I'm using 4.02.
>
> if there is a better place to file this 'bug', please let me know!
>
> thanks for your work on this project!
> micah

This is not a bug but a feature.  Please read doc/syslinux.txt as
file.bin is automagically detected as a "bootstrap program" and
probably needs to be loaded like a Linux kernel.

http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Common_Problems#Watch_the_name_of_your_kernel

-- 
-Gene