[syslinux] Sysinux 6 will not boot ISOs on BIOS (i.e. pre-UEFI) systems

Thomas Schmitt scdbackup at gmx.net
Sun Nov 24 06:34:52 PST 2013


Hi,

> My point is, I think you should be seeing an 'APPEND' line too in 
> that isolinux.cfg file.

My problems with repacking turned out to be caused by
truncated ISO 9660 filenames resp. me not using -iso-level 2.
Now it boots from DVD.

So the configuration seems to be ok for the purpose.


> I don't know if the Arch ISO image you have is 
> using exactly the same Syslinux package version available right now 
> from Arch Linux (6.02-6 is less than a week old).

I don't have more hint than "ISOLINUX 6.02", which i read
from the isolinux.bin file resp. see while booting.
The ISO image was named to me as one of the trouble makers.
We could make experiments, like repacking, if we find a machine
and a user who can reproduce the problem of that archlinux ISO.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas



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