[syslinux] Syslinux "new" vs "old": strange difference on USB flash set-up

[Gene Cumm]

>> Where did you get the syslinux installers from?  The precompiled in
>> the official binary/source archive on kernel.org perhaps?
>
> I downloaded the
>  syslinux-5.01.tar.bz2 (6726562 bytes)
> from www.kernel.org//pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/5.xx
> and compiled syslinux(5.01) executable (240002 bytes) from this source
> tarball.

Did you try using the precompiled binaries as-is yet?  I ask as it's a
way to try to separate negative build interactions versus other
issues.

--
-Gene