[syslinux] can't boot isohybrid-ized image on CG2100

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Forte, Greg wrote:
> I rewrote the
> partition table on the stick (using standard linux fdisk) to have a more
> "normal" primary first partition (starting with a small offset from absolute
> 0, CHS = 0x010100, LBA start sector = 00000020, which is 32 blocks, or 16k
> past the start, if I'm reading it correctly).  After doing that, the system
> BIOS no longer has a problem, and the stick boots normally (except, of
> course, I can't mount the iso image as /dev/sdX1 any more, only as
> /dev/sdX).

Could you try to boot a Debian daily image for i386 or amd64 ?
These images are isohybrid with a partition offset of 32 kB.
Both, /dev/sdX and /dev/sdX1 are mountable.
Goal is to see the install menue with spaceship and option "Help".

The following image has 47 MB:
  http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso


Due to a bug in xorriso-1.0.1, image size is not aligned to a
full cylinder. This leads to fdisk complaining about "different
physical/logical beginnings" but seems elsewise harmless.
xorriso-1.0.4 produces nicely aligned images.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas