Syslinux - Aug 2003 - isolinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg

Hi:

I am having problems with isolinux.cfg

I am receiving several error messages.
 
 'Missing parameter in config file' and 'Unknown keyword in config
file'.
 
 Here is a copy of my Isolinux.cfg maybe sombody can help me figure it out:
 
 default ks
 prompt 1
 timeout 60
 display custom.msg
 F1 boot.msg
 F2 options.msg
 F3 general.msg
 F4 param.msg
 F5 rescue.msg
 F7 custom.msg
 label linux
   kernel vmlinuz
   append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount \
     ramdisk_size=9216
 label text
   kernel vmlinuz
   append initrd=initrd.img lang= text devfs=nomount \
     ramdisk_size=9216
 label expert
   kernel vmlinuz
   append expert initrd=initrd.img lang= \
     devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
 label ks
   kernel vmlinuz
   append text ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img \
     lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
 label nofb
   kernel vmlinuz
   append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount \
     nofb ramdisk_size=9216
 label lowres
   kernel vmlinuz
   append initrd=initrd.img lang= lowres \
     devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
 
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 Thanks
 
AR

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Alexander Rau wrote:
>  label ks
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append text ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img \
>      lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
You don't need anything besides the ks=cdrom -- (lose the
":/ks.cfg")
the RedHat kernel knows to look for a file called ks.cfg in the root of
the CDROM ISO9660 filesystem.  I fought for quite a while before
reading the docs more carefully -- my mistake was trying to call the
file something other than ks.cfg

Steve Brown
sbrown7 at umbc.edu

Hi,

"Alexander Rau" <alexander_rau at yahoo.com> schrieb am 08.08.03
02:55:58:
> I am having problems with isolinux.cfg
> 
> I am receiving several error messages.
>  
>  'Missing parameter in config file' and 'Unknown keyword in
config file'.
Which version of isolinux do you use? Could you give the exact output of
isolinux?
Does it boot any images?
>  Here is a copy of my Isolinux.cfg maybe sombody can help me figure it out:
>  
>  default ks
>  prompt 1
>  timeout 60
>  display custom.msg
>  F1 boot.msg
>  F2 options.msg
>  F3 general.msg
>  F4 param.msg
>  F5 rescue.msg
>  F7 custom.msg
looks good.
>  label linux
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount \
>      ramdisk_size=9216
Is that 'append'-line really on two lines? Syslinux can't deal with
line continuations,
so write this in one line, without the backslash. This goes for all other
'label'-sections.

You could also look into the kernel output, this should give you the append line
from above, with '\' as the last character, missing the
'ramdisk_size=nnn' parameter.

Regards,

Josef


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Alexander Rau wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I am having problems with isolinux.cfg
> 
> I am receiving several error messages.
>  
>  'Missing parameter in config file' and 'Unknown keyword in
config file'.
>  
>  Here is a copy of my Isolinux.cfg maybe sombody can help me figure it out:
>  
>  default ks
>  prompt 1
>  timeout 60
>  display custom.msg
>  F1 boot.msg
>  F2 options.msg
>  F3 general.msg
>  F4 param.msg
>  F5 rescue.msg
>  F7 custom.msg
>  label linux
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount \
>      ramdisk_size=9216
>  label text
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append initrd=initrd.img lang= text devfs=nomount \
>      ramdisk_size=9216
>  label expert
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append expert initrd=initrd.img lang= \
>      devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
>  label ks
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append text ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img \
>      lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
>  label nofb
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount \
>      nofb ramdisk_size=9216
>  label lowres
>    kernel vmlinuz
>    append initrd=initrd.img lang= lowres \
>      devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216
Did you edit this file on Windows?  If so, you probably have the ^M 
characters.  Try running dos2unix on it.  Also, if you litterally have a 
\, try making the append lines a single line (no \).

Forrest
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