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

Ferenc Wagner wferi at niif.hu
Thu Jan 16 02:11:26 PST 2014


Mau Z <zmau1962 at gmail.com> writes:

> 1) I have tried to change the last line to "APPEND root=/dev/sda1", it did
> not seem to make any difference

Your system may be running as is should.  Try invoking sysrq sequences
for example.  But this part does not concern syslinux anymore.

> 2) If I type ENTER at the prompt, syslinux loads the kernel (but with the
> same results mentioned above).

This is the result of the DEFAULT directive. 

>> Here is my extlinux.conf :
>>
>> prompt 1
>> DEFAULT lnx
>> LABEL lnx
>> SAY Now booting my first extlinux
>> LINUX /bzImage
>> APPEND ro root=/dev/sda1
>>
>> 1) Ultimately the system needs to start by itself (without user typing in
>> the Syslinux boot prompt).

Check the documentation of the PROMPT and the TIMEOUT directives.

>> 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.

That's out of scope for syslinux.  It loaded and started your kernel.
You did not tell it to load an initramfs.  If it succeeds mounting your
root filesystem and start init, the problem probably lies in your user
space stuff.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.


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