[syslinux] lss broken when upgraded 4.05 to 6.03

[Ady]

> Hi,
> I have just joined the list.
> 
> I am the original creator of Puppy Linux, now letting other guys take
> the reins, and I am working on a fork of Puppy called Quirky Linux,
> where I try various experimental ideas.
> 
> Up until now, in Puppy and all offshoots, we have used syslinux 4.05 or older.
> 
> Over the last few days I have been testing 6.03 (using the binary DEBs
> from Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn), and it works, except that the LSS
> boot image does not display.
> 
> Everything is as we have been doing it for years. There is a
> syslinux.cfg, a boot message in file boot.msg and a LSS image boot.16
> 
> It is extremely simple, works fine with 4.05, no image in 6.03.
> 
> I have hunted through the changelog and searched the mail-list, can't
> find anything about changes in the way LSS is handled.
> 
> Could someone who is an expert with syslinux please take a look at this for me?
> 
> I have uploaded the relevant files from my latest build of Quirky (6.2KB):
> 
> distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/test/lss-broken.tar.gz
> 
> ...as you will see, it couldn't get any simpler than that!
> 
> Regards,
> Barry Kauler
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FWIW, Utopic uses 6.03-pre18, not the final release (although, the 
lss16 problem is present in both).

About the lss16 issue, we all would welcome patches, really. Any 
volunteers?

@Barry, see http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2014-October/022734.html 


TIA,
Ady.