[syslinux] Bug#857597: "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt" when booting USB flash drive in old PC

Martin Str|mberg ams at ludd.ltu.se
Sat Mar 18 21:15:51 PDT 2017


Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Now looking deeply impressed at the 4600+ pages pile of
> 
>   https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/39/c5/325462-sdm-vol-1-2abcd-3abcd.pdf
...
> It seems that at page 571 begins the reference of instructions. Up to
> page 1120. Ouch.

Ah, it mostly just rubbish since they "invented" MMX/SSE*/AVX. Just
long sequences of almost exactly the same named instructions that are
uselesss for boot loaders.

> >  but they are documented backwards.
> 
> What do you mean by this statement ?

Haven't you read the manual yet?...
"info gas machine i386 i386-syn i386-var".


-- 
MartinS


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