[syslinux] installing syslinux on a fresh system (SATA)

[Mau Z]

Hi!

I have the same situation, but some more information :
1) I have tried to change the last line to "APPEND root=/dev/sda1", it did
not seem to make any difference
2) If I type ENTER at the prompt, syslinux loads the kernel (but with the
same results mentioned above).
    So, clearly I have a problem with my extlinux.conf.


Thanks
Mau



On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Mau Z <zmau1962 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Thanks and sorry for the mistake.
>
> The situation is a little better (Thanks to Ady).
> Here is my extlinux.conf :
>
> prompt 1
> DEFAULT lnx
> LABEL lnx
> SAY Now booting my first extlinux
> LINUX /bzImage
> APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1
>
> Linux still does not run, I still get the prompt.
>
> The good news is that if I type the name of the label ("lnx"), the kernel
> DOES load (and does not crash any more).
> The bad news are :
> 1) Ultimately the system needs to start by itself (without user typing in
> the Syslinux boot prompt).
> 2) The kernel does not give me it's promt, it looks like it's finished
> it's job, but I can do nothing with it. I see no error message.
>
> What is wrong with my extlinux.conf ?
>
> About the rootfs.tar question : it is untared  (with "tar xvf
> rootfs.tar").
>
>
> Thank
> Mau
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:54 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 01/14/2014 10:34 AM, Mattias Schlenker wrote:
>> > > > Am 14.01.2014 17:48, schrieb Mau Z:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> prompt 1
>> > > >> DEFAULT linux
>> > > >> LABEL linux
>> > > >> SAY Now booting my first extlinux
>> > > >> KERNEL /bzImage
>> > > >> APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1
>> > > >>
>> > > >> but I got the same results........
>> > > >>
>> > > >
>> > > > 1. Use "LINUX" instead of "KERNEL" to specify that a linux kernel
>> > > >    should be booted
>> > > > 2. "LINUX" or "linux" now should be treated as a reserved word
>> (because
>> > > >    of 1.)
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > So, this might work better:
>> > > >
>> > > > prompt 1
>> > > > DEFAULT lnx
>> > > > LABEL lnx
>> > > > SAY Now booting my first extlinux
>> > > > LINUX /bzImage
>> > > > APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Syslinux doesn't have "reserved words" in quite that way.  Using
>> "linux"
>> > > as a label name is perfectly fine.
>> > >
>> > >         -hpa
>> > >
>> > >
>> > Thanks
>> > It did not work.
>> > I had also changed the label (just to be on the safe side).
>> >
>> > Any advice?
>> > Mau
>>
>> I took the liberty of moving your last reply to the end of the email.
>> Maintaining top-to-bottom order helps understand the conversation.
>> Please try to maintain the order.
>>
>> With regards to some advice, how exactly are you launching your
>> kernel?
>>
>> In the Syslinux boot prompt, you should be typing:
>> lnx
>>
>> according to the last suggestion. In other words, in your case you
>> need to type in the name of the label, not the name of the kernel.
>>
>> BTW, you mentioned some "rootfs.tar". Don't you need it in the
>> 'append' line too? Perhaps with the 'initrd=' parameter?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ady.
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