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

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

MartinS wrote:
> I want to say I've managed to simulate David's error in
> qemu by forcing isohdpfx.bin to fail the EBIOS test.

Wow. This could mean that the C/H/S related code is generally unsuitable
for the job.


> C<LBA0>/<C0>/<H0>/<S0>
> <LBA1>/<C1>/<H1>/<S1>
> <LBA2>/<C2>/<H2>/<S2>
> <LBA3>/<C3>/<H3>/<S3>

Anything strange to see with this sequence of addresses which are
supposed to be consequtive ?

Whatever, if this was only about confused addresses, then David would
probably see one of the blocks with numbered content.
The all-0 read result looks rather like there had been no reading
at all.

It will be interesting to hear from David whether a non-zero block
is read when he fills the USB stick up to the end.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas