[syslinux] syslinux 4.02 hangs at "boot:"

[Ferenc Wagner]

Alex Zeffertt <alex.zeffertt at eu.citrix.com> writes:

> I have a machine that won't boot syslinux 4.02 but will boot syslinux
> 3.53.  We've installed syslinux 4.02 on a number of machines but only
> this one has a problem.
>
> The problem is that the machine hangs entirely after printing "boot:" on
> the tty.  The stanza being booted in /boot/extlinux.conf is:
>
>  label xe
>   # XenServer
>   kernel mboot.c32
>   append /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=752M lowmem_emergency_pool=1M
> crashkernel=64M at 32M console= vga=mode-0x0311 --- /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen
> root=LABEL=root-ldndebvr ro xencons=hvc console=hvc0 console=tty0 quiet
> vga=785 splash --- /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img

Now it's confusing.  If Syslinux hangs right after printing "boot:",
then this stanza probably has nothing to do with the problem.  What
happens without any config file?  With a different default?  With a
longer timeout?  With other stanzas?
-- 
Regards,
Feri.