[syslinux] Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive

[alex lupu]

Trying to set up UEFI Syslinux boot on an ArchLinux USB 4GB stick.

- Host system:  64-bit Ubuntu 14.10 on 56 GB hard drive
- Hardware:  ASUS P8H77-I, Bios v1101, i7-3770 at 3.40 GHz, 16 GB DDR3

- ArchLinux Instructions followed:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#UEFI_Systems >
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2. UEFI Systems > 2.2 Installation

- Arch syslinux v.6.03
196352 Oct 13 22:25 /usr/sbin/syslinux

- Used Arch syslinux files from /usr/lib/syslinux/efi64/
(copied to EFI/syslinux/ on /dev/sdd1 (see below)):
 ...
134744  ldlinux.e64
121848  liblua.c32
 27688  libmenu.c32
  6136  linux.c32
 31720  menu.c32
 10328  syslinux.c32
   400  syslinux.cfg    (created by me - "Text boot menu" format)
176456  syslinux.efi
 ...

- USB Drive (with Arch
​Linux​
installed on second partition, sdd2):
Disk /dev/sdd: 3.7 GiB, 4007264256 bytes, 7826688 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 77D7213D-00A3-4042-9489-4B57D54B2D23
Device       Start     End Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdd1       34 1048609 1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sdd2  1048610 7397409 6348800     3G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdd3  7397410 7826654  429245 209.6M Linux swap

​Note:  the EFI partition (sdd1) is formatted FAT-32​

- Command to set up UEFI boot:
$ efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdd -p 1 -l EFI\\syslinux\\syslinux.efi -L ArchLinux


$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0002,0003,0001
Boot0000* ArchLinux
Boot0001* CD/DVD Drive
Boot0002* Hard Drive
Boot0003* ubuntu

$ sudo efibootmgr -v
 ...
Boot0000* ArchLinux
HD(1,22,100000,f8f45ea2-387b-4fd8-aee6-d9aec44699d4)File(EFI\syslinux\syslinux.efi)
Boot0003* ubuntu
HD(1,800,100000,7173866f-e6bc-4ad4-b68a-b9e0a4ba9327)File(EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.efi)

Please note the above similarity between the "good" (working) entry,
ubuntu, and the "bad" Archlinux entry.
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RESULTS:
In BIOS, select ArchLinux entry
Blank screen.
WARNING: No configuration file found
boot: syslinux.cfg
Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.cfg.c32
boot: syslinux
Undefined symbol FAIL: lua_pushlightuserdata
Failed Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.c32
boot:
etc., etc ...

Please comment and help,

Thanks
-- Alex