[syslinux] syslinux/isolinux 6.2 "Error: Couldn't read the first disk sector"

[Steven Shiau]

My bad, I meant version 6.02, not 6.2

Steven.

On 10/29/2013 11:28 AM, Steven Shiau wrote:
> After switching to version 6.2, I am having a problem to use chain.c32
> to boot a local disk.
> My settings:
> ======================
> label local
>   MENU LABEL Local operating system in hard drive
>   kernel chain.c32
>   append hd0
> ======================
> It gave me "Error: Couldn't read the first disk sector"
> 
> If I change the settings as
> ======================
> label local
>   MENU LABEL Local operating system in hard drive
>   localboot 0
> ======================
> After the boot menu, it showed:
> "Booting from local disk..."
> Then I got the error message:
> "Boot failed: press a key to retry"
> 
> I am sure the hard drive could boot since if I remove the live CD it can
> successfully boot into my Linux box.
> The live CD I created was put here:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/0.16.2-9/gparted-live-0.16.2-9-i686-pae.iso/download
> 
> I have tested this on VMWare WS 10 and real machine, like Acer Aspire
> One. All have the same issue.
> BTW, I have no problem when the live CD was using syslinux/isolinux
> 5.10, i.e.
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/0.16.2-6/gparted-live-0.16.2-6-i686-pae.iso/download
> 
> 
> Is this a bug or something new about config which I do not know?
> Thanks.
> 
> Steven.

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