[syslinux] Illegal OpCode

[Shao Miller]

On 11/8/2012 08:31, artreader at gmx.net wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> While trying to install syslinux on small (700 MB) FAT16 Partition on HP Server got Red Screen of Death with a register dump.
>
> Illegal OpCode
>
> EAX=00001F01 EBX=000001A4 ECX=00000000 EDX=00000019F
> EBP=0000FBFA ESI=000007BE EDI=00000800
> DS=0000 ES=0000 FS=0000 GS=0000
> CS:EIP=0000:000083A6 SS:ESP=1000:0000AFF6
> EFLAGS=00000206
>
> Tested many versions of syslinux: from 3.63 to 4.06: unfortunately the same
> It works on "normal" PC, e.g. without HP RAID controller
>
> Can somebody interpret the register dump?
> Any other idea?

Here is the same response I gave to your http://reboot.pro post:

If you can tie this output to an exact version and specify where you got 
it (the Syslinux version), it might be possible to know what has 
happened by examining what probably would've been at CS:EIP.

- Shao Miller