[syslinux] ext4, boot error after writing irrelevant files on same partition
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Thu Jun 4 17:14:58 PDT 2015
On 05/20/2015 12:16 AM, Denys Fedoryshchenko via Syslinux wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I faced very strange problem, after i install extlinux, on ext4
> partition and i wrote some files (they doesn't touch syslinux files),
> system refuse to boot and gives "Boot error".
> I checked ldlinux.sys, file is fine, checksum is intact and etc.
> Running extlinux -i /mountpoint sure fixes the problem.
>
> What are the steps to troubleshoot the problem?
>
If you can reproduce this on a small image, it would be highly useful to
simply get a copy of the failing image.
-hpa
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