[syslinux] Entry selection isn't saved

[Gene Cumm]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Stéphane Raimbault <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed syslinux 6.0.3 on a UEFI/GPT system with Arch Linux.
>
> My /boot/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.cfg contains MENU SAVE but selected entries
> aren't saved.
> Just after I hit the Enter key in the syslinux menu, I see efi_adv_write:
> Unable to open file \ldlinux.sys, this message isn't displayed
> when the boot starts after the timeout (default entry).

It shouldn't be attempting ldlinux.sys but rather syslinux.efi though
I'm not sure the ADV is fully functional in EFI

> My installation didn't have this file so I try to add it with extlinux
> --install /boot/EFI/syslinux but the problem still there.

Not necessary and essentially useless.

> Any ideas?

Official version from kernel.org without running make?  I don't know
if there have been changes that'll affect the ADV since 6.03 but you
could try my test binaries.

https://sites.google.com/site/genecsyslinux/sl604p0g22-x64.tgz?attredirects=0&d=1

-- 
-Gene