[syslinux] no boot, no message

[Jorge Almeida]

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Ady Ady via Syslinux
<syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
>

> The KISS principle :).
>
> A simplified basic syslinux.cfg:
>
> *** syslinux.cfg start ***
>
> DEFAULT slack64
> PROMPT 1
>
> LABEL slack64
>         MENU LABEL Slackware 14.2
>         LINUX ../slackware/vmlinuz--huge-4.4.14
>         APPEND root=/dev/sda7
>
> LABEL gentoo
>         MENU LABEL Gentoo
>         LINUX ../gentoo/vmlinuz
>         APPEND root=/dev/sda2
>
> *** syslinux.cfg end ***
>
> should be expected to boot to the SYSLINUX boot prompt (no menu) and
> wait for your input ("PROMPT 1", no "TIMEOUT"). Pressing ENTER at the
> boot prompt, the DEFAULT label ("slack64") should be executed. But,
> since the file won't be found (because of the typo), some kind of
> message should be shown and then the Syslinux boot prompt should be
> back on screen, awaiting your next input.
>
> From the same boot prompt, launching ls.c32 and pwd.c32 might give a
> clue in simple cases (file name mismatch, inadequate path...).
>
Yes, it works. Maybe there should be in the docs some warning about
the dangers of using the menu?

Regards

Jorge