Heiko.Helmle at head.de
2005-Sep-23 12:02 UTC
[syslinux] syslinux only works _without_ syslinux.cfg
Hello, I am experiencing a strange problem. I have a CF-based linux that boots with syslinux. (I tried 3.07 thru 3.11). Booting works fine if I put the CF into an embedded PC that detects the CF card as an IDE device (Secondary Master). - Some other system detects the CF as an USB device. - I can boot from the CF card as a SCSI-Device through VMware. In both of those cases, syslinux shows its version string and hangs, 3.11 even shows "Boot error". Now the strange part: When i remove or rename syslinux.cfg, syslinux boots the kernel without a problem - without parameters of course. I do not understand, why syslinux hangs upon the mere existance of a syslinux.cfg... can anyone give me a pointer, what i am doing wrong (or how i could get further info why syslinux hangs...) Mit freundlichem Gru?/ with kind regards Heiko Helmle
Heiko.Helmle at head.de schreef:>This is the syslinux.cfg that I tried to boot with. > >My apologies for taking this off the syslinux list, wasn't my intention. It's just that this mailinglist is configured this way.>SERIAL 0 9600 0x303 >TIMEOUT 50 >PROMPT 1 >DEFAULT linux >APPEND initrd=initrd.sqf root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc panic=60 console=tty0 >console=ttyS0 > >Out of curiosity I rebuilt the VM and it works now in VMware - i have no >clue why. I guess something in the VM metadata was messed. > >But still no luck with USB... > > >