[syslinux] efi mboot xen linux problem

[Hans de Bruin]

On 08/19/2015 07:43 PM, Ady via Syslinux wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to get xen booted on a new mainboard I bought using
>> efi-syslinux/mboot. No success so far. When I choose the xen menu entry
>> except from some characters being wiped from the bottom of the screen
>> nothing is happening.
>>
>> I have made a typo in the xen kernel filename. Nothing changed, no
>> errors about wrong a filename were displayed
>>
>> Initially I compiled syslinux 6.03 (slackware64, gcc 4.8.2). After this
>> I used the efi64 files from a debian package
>> (syslinux-common_6.03+dfsg-10_all.deb)
>>
>> Nothing changed.
>>
>> It looks like the system stops after loading mboot.c32
>>
>
> In addition to possible regressions and limitations (and suggested
> patches pending for several years) in/for mboot.c32, I am not sure
> mboot.c32 is really in a working / useful / usable status for UEFI.
>
>
>> grub.efi is able to boot the same xen and vmlinux files.
>>
>
> Unfortunately, the pace of development for Syslinux is very slow. I
> would suggest for you to use whatever suits you.
>

I prefer the simplicity of syslinux above the grub thing. But in the end 
I need something that works, so grub for now. Thank for the reply

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Hans