[syslinux] boot from local drive does't work

[Lee Eric]

Try to use chain.c32 com module to load your hard disk.

Hui

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:05 PM, 夏磊 <lei.xia at cs2c.com.cn> wrote:
>
> I have tried "LOCALBOOT -1" , it still didn't work.
>
> 于 2014年02月25日 12:44, Gene Cumm 写道:
>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:27 PM, 夏磊 <lei.xia at cs2c.com.cn> wrote:
>>> Hi, all
>>>
>>> I can't boot from local drive on some machines(thinkpad x200 and
>>> thinkpad x1 carbon) using
>>> syslinux 3.05 or syslinux 4.05.
>>>
>>> And i change localboot 0xffff to localboot 0x80, boot from local drive
>>> is available.
>>>
>>> I find "0x80 is the primary hard drive. The special value -1(0xffff)
>>> causes ISOLINUX to report failure to the BIOS, which, on recent BIOSes,
>>> should mean that the next device in the boot sequence should be
>>> activated" on syslinux wiki.
>>>
>>> Isn't the syslinux and bios compatible, can I upgrade syslinux to use
>>> localboot 0xffff?
>> Did you try "LOCALBOOT -1" rather than the estimated value of "0xffff"?
>>
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