Syslinux - Jan 2008 - SYSLINUX 3.55-pre5 and 3.60-pre7 - RC status

Hi all,

I have just pushed out SYSLINUX 3.55-pre5 and 3.60-pre7.  I have decided 
to give them both release candidate status, with the intent of having a 
simultaneous 3.55 (bug fixes only) and 3.60 (new functionality) release.

Please test them out and let me know how they do.

	-hpa

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have just pushed out SYSLINUX 3.55-pre5 and 3.60-pre7.  I have decided 
> to give them both release candidate status, with the intent of having a 
> simultaneous 3.55 (bug fixes only) and 3.60 (new functionality) release.
> 
> Please test them out and let me know how they do.
> 
Make that 3.55-pre4.  Sorry.  Too many 5's ;)

	-hpa

I have just tested 3.55-pre4 and 3.60-pre7  both in  QEMU  and
real hardware.

Both functions as expected in qemu but in the real hardware
here are the results:

3.60-pre7  

 memdisk:  the system freezes after the messages:
Loading memdisk.....
Loading win98.img.............................ready.

The same happens when loading a linux kernel:
Loading vmlinuz.................
Loading initrd.gz........................................ready.
  
 and freezes there.

3.55-pre4  passes both tests.

    Genaldo

Genaldo Leite Nunes wrote:
> I have just tested 3.55-pre4 and 3.60-pre7  both in  QEMU  and
> real hardware.
> 
> Both functions as expected in qemu but in the real hardware
> here are the results:
> 
> 3.60-pre7  
> 
>  memdisk:  the system freezes after the messages:
> Loading memdisk.....
> Loading win98.img.............................ready.
> 
> The same happens when loading a linux kernel:
> Loading vmlinuz.................
> Loading initrd.gz........................................ready.
>   
>  and freezes there.
> 
> 3.55-pre4  passes both tests.
> 
Which kind of filesystem?

	-hpa

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> Which kind of filesystem?
>
>   
 
   iso9660  ( isolinux.bin )

 Genaldo

As I wrote before, under  isolinux,  we have the following problems:

The system freezes when trying to load a linux kernel or memdisk.
It also freezes when chain loading another operating system, but
when the "kernel" is  memtest it works perfectly. 

I must also say that when loading memdisk it prints:

....
INT 13:08: Success, count = 0, BPT = 0000:0000
old: int13 = f000eed2  int15 = f000f859
new: int13 = 9f00000a  int15 = 9f00037c
Loading boot sector... booting...

and freezes there.

That all happens when trying to boot the isolinux CD in a real
machine. It passes all tests when running under QEMU though.

   Genaldo

Genaldo Leite Nunes <genaldo at glinux.de> wrote on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 
07:38:53 +0100
> I have just tested 3.55-pre4 and 3.60-pre7  both in  QEMU  and
> real hardware.
>
> Both functions as expected in qemu but in the real hardware
> here are the results:
>
> 3.60-pre7  
>
>  memdisk:  the system freezes after the messages:
> Loading memdisk.....
> Loading win98.img.............................ready.
>
> The same happens when loading a linux kernel:
> Loading vmlinuz.................
> Loading initrd.gz........................................ready.
>   
I get the same thing, both on a Compaq SR1010NX and under VMware.

3.60-pre6 works fine on the same setups.

Gordon Schumacher wrote:
> Genaldo Leite Nunes <genaldo at glinux.de> wrote on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 
> 07:38:53 +0100
>> I have just tested 3.55-pre4 and 3.60-pre7  both in  QEMU  and
>> real hardware.
>>
>> Both functions as expected in qemu but in the real hardware
>> here are the results:
>>
>> 3.60-pre7  
>>
>>  memdisk:  the system freezes after the messages:
>> Loading memdisk.....
>> Loading win98.img.............................ready.
>>
>> The same happens when loading a linux kernel:
>> Loading vmlinuz.................
>> Loading initrd.gz........................................ready.
>>   
> I get the same thing, both on a Compaq SR1010NX and under VMware.
> 
> 3.60-pre6 works fine on the same setups.
> 
Again, which filesystem (derivative)?

It seems pretty clear that 3.60-pre7 is broken, at least on isolinux.

	-hpa

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote on Mon, 07 Jan 2008
10:53:52 -0800:
> Again, which filesystem (derivative)?
>
> It seems pretty clear that 3.60-pre7 is broken, at least on isolinux.
>   
Er, sorry - just the same, also ISOLINUX.  I meant that to mean that my 
configuration was the same as well.

Gordon Schumacher wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote on Mon, 07 Jan
2008 10:53:52 -0800:
> 
>> Again, which filesystem (derivative)?
>>
>> It seems pretty clear that 3.60-pre7 is broken, at least on isolinux.
>>   
> Er, sorry - just the same, also ISOLINUX.  I meant that to mean that my 
> configuration was the same as well.
OK, cool.  That narrows it down a bit.

	-hpa