[syslinux] Syslinux 4.03 hangs with Message "SYSLINUX 4.03 Peter Anvin

[Seetaram N T]

Hi,

thanks a lot for the quick response.

I am using syslinux 4.03 which is downloaded from kernel.org. The extlinux
precompiled binary is used with my PC.
I am using supermicro motherboard in my PC.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/
I am trying to boot linux (2.6.35.6 kernel version) using extlinux
bootloader.

Some times the system hangs at this point  (Peter Anvin...) and only
powercycle will solve this problem.
I am not sure what is causing this problem? It may be BIOS issue or
bootloader issue not sure.

I thought of upgrading SYSLINUX 5.01. downloaded the source code from
kernel.org. But not able to run the extlinux binary on my PC as the 5.01
binary is built using GLIBC 2.7 and my PC has GLIBC 2.5. So i wanted to
build the extlinux from sources. But i found that extlinux Makefile refers
to some files in Libinstaller folder which are missing. These files are
../libinstaller/bootsect_bin.c ,    ../libinstaller/ldlinuxc32_bin.c
../libinstaller/ldlinux_bin.

So at this point i am neither able to use 5.01 extlinux binary nor able to
build the extlinux.

Please suggest what is the best solution to resolve this issue?

thanks in advance.
Regards,
Seetaram

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Seetaram N T <seetaram.nt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > We are using SYSLINUX with PC. Often syslinux hangs with message SYSLINUX
> > 4.03 Peter Anvin"
> > Please suggest what will be the problem here?
>
> This is an indication that it was able to load and execute some of
> ldlinux.sys but was unable to complete.
>
> > If this is known issue, does this issue addressed in later versions of
> > SYSLINUX?
>
> I don't know of a specific bug but newer versions (4.06 or 5.01) may
> solve some issues.
>
> Could you describe your environment in more detail?  Are you using the
> precompiled binaries in the binary/source archive on kernel.org?  If
> not, where did it come from?  Could you describe the PC(s) used (make,
> model, BIOS) and where SYSLINUX is installed?
>
>
> --
> -Gene
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