I have tried to use isolinux 2.05, and I am running into a problem where it
will not boot. I have previously used version 1.66, and the older version
works just fine. Changing nothing except dropping the new version in does
not work.
Below is all of the relevant info, I believe. This occurs on multiple
machines with different BIOS. I am currently in process of doing a binary
search to find the last working version.
Using isolinux-debug.bin, and I get the following output:
ISOLINUX 2.05 2003-07-16 Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin
isolinux: Starting up, DL = 82
isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 82
isolinux: Loading main image from LBA = 0000A574
isolinux: Sectors to load = 0004
isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code...
isolinux: Root directory at LBA = 00000031
The mkisofs command that I use to create the ISO is:
mkisofs -o $NAME \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.catalog \
-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-pad -r -J -hide-joliet-trans-tbl \
-P "Dell Computer Corp" \
-V "SA-BUILD-${BUILD}-CUSTOM-${CUST_BUILD_NO}" \
-A "$(product_name)"\
$DIR/../
The isolinux.cfg file looks like this:
default quiet
prompt 1
timeout 100
display message.txt
label quiet
kernel SA.1
append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/ DEBUG=0 quiet
label debug
kernel SA.1
append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/ DEBUG=9
label linux
kernel SA.1
append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/
Versions 2.00 and 2.04 work just fine, I haven't tested 2.01-2.03. So, the
below applies to version 2.05 only.
Thanks,
Michael Brown
-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Michael E
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:39 PM
To: 'syslinux at zytor.com'
Subject: isolinux problem report
I have tried to use isolinux 2.05, and I am running into a problem where it
will not boot. I have previously used version 1.66, and the older version
works just fine. Changing nothing except dropping the new version in does
not work.
Below is all of the relevant info, I believe. This occurs on multiple
machines with different BIOS. I am currently in process of doing a binary
search to find the last working version.
Using isolinux-debug.bin, and I get the following output:
ISOLINUX 2.05 2003-07-16 Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin
isolinux: Starting up, DL = 82
isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 82
isolinux: Loading main image from LBA = 0000A574
isolinux: Sectors to load = 0004
isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code...
isolinux: Root directory at LBA = 00000031
The mkisofs command that I use to create the ISO is:
mkisofs -o $NAME \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.catalog \
-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-pad -r -J -hide-joliet-trans-tbl \
-P "Dell Computer Corp" \
-V "SA-BUILD-${BUILD}-CUSTOM-${CUST_BUILD_NO}" \
-A "$(product_name)"\
$DIR/../
The isolinux.cfg file looks like this:
default quiet
prompt 1
timeout 100
display message.txt
label quiet
kernel SA.1
append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/ DEBUG=0 quiet
label debug
kernel SA.1
append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/ DEBUG=9
label linux
kernel SA.1
append ide=nodma initrd=SA.2 root=/dev/ram/0 init=/linuxrc
ramdisk_size=51200 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 Stage3=cdrom:/
Michael_E_Brown at dell.com wrote:> I have tried to use isolinux 2.05, and I am running into a problem where it > will not boot. I have previously used version 1.66, and the older version > works just fine. Changing nothing except dropping the new version in does > not work. > > Below is all of the relevant info, I believe. This occurs on multiple > machines with different BIOS. I am currently in process of doing a binary > search to find the last working version. > > Using isolinux-debug.bin, and I get the following output: > > ISOLINUX 2.05 2003-07-16 Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin > isolinux: Starting up, DL = 82 > isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 82 > isolinux: Loading main image from LBA = 0000A574 > isolinux: Sectors to load = 0004 > isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code... > isolinux: Root directory at LBA = 00000031I am having similar problems (see "Isoliux 2.0+ won't boot from DVD" in the archives). 1.75 works for me where 2.0+ won't. I sent some discs to HPA, and he is supposed to be looking at them, but I haven't heard anything yet. I tried using mkisofs -sort isolinux/iso.sort to move the isolinux directory to the first part of the disc, but that didn't help. I found that if I removed the SRPMS directory (on my Red Hat discs), or removed the RedHat/RPMS directory, it would work. What does your directory structure look like? Try removing directories to see if it boots. Forrest --
Doh! I removed a bunch of directories when I did my 2.04 test to see if it worked, and it worked. (It was starting to be trying to have to reburn a 600MB iso for testing. I think the 2.04 test that I tried would probably fail if I put all of the dirs back. I know I tried this several months ago with 2.04 and it failed. I also remember reading your thread about the SRPMS issue, and this does look related. I'll retry my 2.04 test with all the dirs and see if it fails. I think I have a problem. I had to upgrade from 1.66 because we have a new system that isn't working with 1.66. But it looks like 2.x won't work either. Hmm. Looks like I'm in a bind. -- Michael -----Original Message----- From: Taylor, ForrestX [mailto:forrestx.taylor at intel.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:18 PM To: Brown, Michael E Cc: syslinux at zytor.com Subject: Re: [syslinux] isolinux problem report Michael_E_Brown at dell.com wrote:> I have tried to use isolinux 2.05, and I am running into a problem whereit> will not boot. I have previously used version 1.66, and the older version > works just fine. Changing nothing except dropping the new version in does > not work. > > Below is all of the relevant info, I believe. This occurs on multiple > machines with different BIOS. I am currently in process of doing a binary > search to find the last working version. > > Using isolinux-debug.bin, and I get the following output: > > ISOLINUX 2.05 2003-07-16 Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin > isolinux: Starting up, DL = 82 > isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 82 > isolinux: Loading main image from LBA = 0000A574 > isolinux: Sectors to load = 0004 > isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code... > isolinux: Root directory at LBA = 00000031I am having similar problems (see "Isoliux 2.0+ won't boot from DVD" in the archives). 1.75 works for me where 2.0+ won't. I sent some discs to HPA, and he is supposed to be looking at them, but I haven't heard anything yet. I tried using mkisofs -sort isolinux/iso.sort to move the isolinux directory to the first part of the disc, but that didn't help. I found that if I removed the SRPMS directory (on my Red Hat discs), or removed the RedHat/RPMS directory, it would work. What does your directory structure look like? Try removing directories to see if it boots. Forrest --