[syslinux] "EDD Load error" on btrfs, how to debug?

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 05/19/2014 11:20 AM, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a computer with BIOS and Linux Arch installed.
> 
> Starting from a recent syslinux update (6.02->6.03pre9) I am not able
> to use syslinux anymore. I try to boot my computer and the only thing
> I see is "EDD Load error - Boot error" message. When I install 6.02
> back the system is completely fine.
> 
> Other people use syslinux 6.03 fine. They use ext4 and I use btrfs as
> my root partition fs so it might be a problem for syslinux.
> 
> I would like to debug and see this problem fixed. How to enable more
> verbose output at boot stage? I would like to get more information
> about why the EDD error happens. Any other debugging advises?

Size problem again?  There are no actual btrfs-related changes in the
6.03 series...

Are you using the precompiled binaries or did you build your own?

	-hpa