alex lupu
2015-Mar-14 18:04 UTC
[syslinux] Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive
Trying to set up UEFI Syslinux boot on an ArchLinux USB 4GB stick. - Host system: 64-bit Ubuntu 14.10 on 56 GB hard drive - Hardware: ASUS P8H77-I, Bios v1101, i7-3770 at 3.40 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 - ArchLinux Instructions followed: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#UEFI_Systems > ? ? 2. UEFI Systems > 2.2 Installation - Arch syslinux v.6.03 196352 Oct 13 22:25 /usr/sbin/syslinux - Used Arch syslinux files from /usr/lib/syslinux/efi64/ (copied to EFI/syslinux/ on /dev/sdd1 (see below)): ... 134744 ldlinux.e64 121848 liblua.c32 27688 libmenu.c32 6136 linux.c32 31720 menu.c32 10328 syslinux.c32 400 syslinux.cfg (created by me - "Text boot menu" format) 176456 syslinux.efi ... - USB Drive (with Arch ?Linux? installed on second partition, sdd2): Disk /dev/sdd: 3.7 GiB, 4007264256 bytes, 7826688 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 77D7213D-00A3-4042-9489-4B57D54B2D23 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdd1 34 1048609 1048576 512M EFI System /dev/sdd2 1048610 7397409 6348800 3G Linux filesystem /dev/sdd3 7397410 7826654 429245 209.6M Linux swap ?Note: the EFI partition (sdd1) is formatted FAT-32? - Command to set up UEFI boot: $ efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdd -p 1 -l EFI\\syslinux\\syslinux.efi -L ArchLinux $ efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0003 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0000,0002,0003,0001 Boot0000* ArchLinux Boot0001* CD/DVD Drive Boot0002* Hard Drive Boot0003* ubuntu $ sudo efibootmgr -v ... Boot0000* ArchLinux HD(1,22,100000,f8f45ea2-387b-4fd8-aee6-d9aec44699d4)File(EFI\syslinux\syslinux.efi) Boot0003* ubuntu HD(1,800,100000,7173866f-e6bc-4ad4-b68a-b9e0a4ba9327)File(EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.efi) Please note the above similarity between the "good" (working) entry, ubuntu, and the "bad" Archlinux entry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESULTS: In BIOS, select ArchLinux entry Blank screen. WARNING: No configuration file found boot: syslinux.cfg Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.cfg.c32 boot: syslinux Undefined symbol FAIL: lua_pushlightuserdata Failed Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.c32 boot: etc., etc ... Please comment and help, Thanks -- Alex
Ady
2015-Mar-15 20:23 UTC
[syslinux] Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive
> Trying to set up UEFI Syslinux boot on an ArchLinux USB 4GB stick.(snip)> In BIOS, select ArchLinux entryJust a minor detail (but it helps for understanding each other)... You probably mean "in UEFI firmware", not "in BIOS". And yet, this is still not clear (at least, not to me).> Blank screen. > WARNING: No configuration file foundYou probably should double-check that you actually have a "syslinux.cfg" in the same directory where your "syslinux.efi" file is located. I would suggest also checking for typos.> boot: syslinux.cfg > Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.cfg.c32 > boot: syslinux > Undefined symbol FAIL: lua_pushlightuserdata > Failed Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.c32 > boot: > etc., etc ...Those are not accepted commands, so you cannot expect adequate results. Perhaps you might want to start a forum topic in ArchLinux.> > Please comment and help, > > Thanks > -- AlexRegards, Ady.> _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux
Ady
2015-Mar-16 13:03 UTC
[syslinux] Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive
@Alex, please next time use "Reply All" (instead of the simple "Reply") for the mailing list emails; that way the emails will get to the Syslinux Mailing List (instead of arriving to particular members). Now, to the matter in question... (snip)> > Just a minor detail (but it helps for understanding each other)... > > You probably mean "in UEFI firmware", not "in BIOS". > > And yet, this is still not clear (at least, not to me). > > We're in sync here (although not immediately apparent :) > I'm resonably familiar with UEFI.? Above, by "in BIOS" I meant > going to my machine's "BIOS", i.e., in my paricular case/motherboard, > Boot > Hit Delete key > Hit F8 > and then select from among the _UEFI_ menu entries > the subject "ArchLinux" entry (and watch what happens).? Unfortunately,Is this "ArchLinux" entry equivalent to "\EFI\syslinux\syslinux.efi" in your UEFI firmware? Note: UEFI firmware is supposed to use (or show) backslash "\" as path separator. This is not a big deal here; just the reason I used it above.> instead of the expected nice menu created by me in 'syslinux.cfg' I get > the problem "boot:" prompt in the middle of an otherwise blank screen > :(Which means that syslinux.efi actually boots (to the boot prompt), but (it seems, as per your report) it cannot find a "syslinux.cfg" file in the expected location.> > 3. > > You probably should double-check that you actually have a > "syslinux.cfg" > > in the same directory where your "syslinux.efi" file is located. > > I had thousend-checked and the files in 'EFI/syslinux/' are as > originally > listed in my OP (where I selected only a few "important" files). > For reference here, > - Used Arch syslinux files from /usr/lib/syslinux/efi64/ > (copied to EFI/syslinux/ on /dev/sdd1 (see below)): > ?... > 134744 ?ldlinux.e64 > 121848 ?liblua.c32 > ?27688 ?libmenu.c32 > ? 6136 ?linux.c32 > ?31720 ?menu.c32 > ?10328 ?syslinux.c32 > ? ?400 ?syslinux.cfg ? ?(created by me - "Text boot menu" format) > 176456 ?syslinux.efi >>From your "/usr/lib/syslinux/efi64/" (in your particular OS), you need"libutil.c32" so your "menu.c32" would work. This is a/another reason for you to see a boot prompt instead of a menu.> 4. > >> boot: syslinux.cfg > >> Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.cfg.c32 > >> boot: syslinux > >> Undefined symbol FAIL: lua_pushlightuserdata > >> Failed Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.c32 > >> boot: ?etc., etc ... > > > Those are not accepted commands, so you cannot expect adequate > results. > > Those were attempted by me in order to maybe guess a "meaningful" > response > to the "boot:" prompt and/or maybe in hopes some syslinux people to > guess > (in their turn :) where I was and/or what was/went wrong. > Obviously, something "behind" that "boot:" prompt spoke some > "syslinux", > see the "c32", "lua_pushlightuserdata", > "Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.c32" clues there. > > BTW, ?from the "boot:" situation I could recover only by rebooting the > machine > (or is it by reuefiing the machine? :) >In the Syslinux boot prompt, have you tried typing in one of the recognized LABELs you used in your "syslinux.cfg"?> 5. > This is the content of the 'syslinux.cfg' file > ?UI menu.c32 > ?PROMPT 0 > ? > ?MENU TITLE Boot Menu > ?TIMEOUT 100 > ?DEFAULT arch > ? > ?LABEL arch > ? ? ? ? ?MENU LABEL Arch Linux > ? ? ? ? ?LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux > ? ? ? ? ?APPEND root=/dev/sdd2 rw > ? ? ? ? ?INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img > ? > ?LABEL archfallback > ? ? ? ? ?MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback > ? ? ? ? ?LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux > ? ? ? ? ?APPEND root=/dev/sdd2 rw > ? ? ? ? ?INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img > > Note: ?During the numerous tests I made, I played with > UI menu.c32 (in/out), PROMPT (0/1), > to no avail.In your boot prompt, type in: arch and press enter. Is you OS booting then?> > I'd also like to append this "parted" summary of the subject USB drive > to the documentation I submitted in my OP: > ? > Model: Kingston DataTraveler G3 (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdd: 4007MB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: gpt > Disk Flags:? > > Number ?Start ? End ? ? Size ? ?File system ? ? Name ? ? ? ? ? > ? ?Flags > ?1 ? ? ?17.4kB ?537MB ? 537MB ? fat32 ? ? ? ? ? EFI System ? ? > ? ?boot, esp > ?2 ? ? ?537MB ? 3787MB ?3251MB ?ext2 ? ? ? ? ? ?Linux filesystem > ?3 ? ? ?3787MB ?4007MB ?220MB ? linux-swap(v1) ?Linux swap > > Thanks, > ?-- Alex? > >For more info about c32 library modules, see: http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Library_modules Regards, Ady.
alex lupu
2015-Mar-16 16:53 UTC
[syslinux] Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: Hi Ady,> please next time use "Reply All" (instead of the simple "Reply")for the mailing list emails ... Sorry about that. Please add my reply to the list for me. Thanks.> Is this "ArchLinux" entry equivalent to "\EFI\syslinux\syslinux.efi" > in your UEFI firmware? > Note: UEFI firmware is supposed to use (or show) backslash "\" as path > separator.You have a great point there. I redid the "efibootmgr" installation and instead of efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdd -p 1 -l EFI\\syslinux\\syslinux.efi -L ArchLinux as I used originally (as documented in my OP), I put a (double) slash in front of "EFI", i.e., I now have efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdd -p 1 -l \\EFI\\syslinux\\syslinux.efi -L ... and I finally get the expected nice menu prompt !!! Thanks. UNFORTUNATELY as documented in the latest ArchWiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#UEFI_Systems) quote, "For syslinux, kernel and initramfs files need to be in the ESP, as syslinux does not (currently) have the ability to access files outside its own partition..." so this is as far as I can go with my attempt to use UEFI syslinux!!! (reminder, the 'syslinux.cfg' file in the EFI partition, /dev/sdd1, has lines like this LABEL arch MENU LABEL Arch Linux LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux APPEND root=/dev/sdd2 rw INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img and unfortunately, 'vmlinuz-linux' and 'initramfs-linux*.img' reside in the root=/dev/sdd2 !) i.e., This is the end of the line :( Maybe you'll let me know when syslinux gets the capability to hop partitions. Many thanks again, --Alex
alex lupu
2015-Mar-16 23:19 UTC
[syslinux] Fwd: Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive
This is a post I sent by mistake directly to Ady without a reply to all (i.e., to the thread "Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive") It should go between Ady's post of Sun Mar 15 13:23:26 PDT 2015 and Ady's post of Mon Mar 16 06:03:58 PDT 2015 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: alex lupu <alupu01 at gmail.com> Date: Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [syslinux] Fail to set up UEFI syslinux on ArchLinux USB Flash Drive To: Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: Hi Ady, Thank you for the reply. 1. I'll start with the end of your post, if I may,> Perhaps you might want to start a forum topic in ArchLinux.As a reminder (going down memory lane), you were very helpful once in helping me point to a problem, http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2013-April/019817.html which turned out to be a bug, http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2013-April/019822.html So you cannot blame me for expecting the same patience, expertise and help in troubleshooting this new problem first with Syslinx and, if need be, later with ArchLinux. _As an example_, we might discover ArchLinux do not have the latest UEFI files/docummentation from you. So please bear with me for the time being. 2.>> In BIOS, select ArchLinux entry> Just a minor detail (but it helps for understanding each other)... > You probably mean "in UEFI firmware", not "in BIOS". > And yet, this is still not clear (at least, not to me).We're in sync here (although not immediately apparent :) I'm resonably familiar with UEFI. Above, by "in BIOS" I meant going to my machine's "BIOS", i.e., in my paricular case/motherboard, Boot Hit Delete key Hit F8 and then select from among the _UEFI_ menu entries the subject "ArchLinux" entry (and watch what happens). Unfortunately, instead of the expected nice menu created by me in 'syslinux.cfg' I get the problem "boot:" prompt in the middle of an otherwise blank screen :( 3.> You probably should double-check that you actually have a "syslinux.cfg" > in the same directory where your "syslinux.efi" file is located.I had thousend-checked and the files in 'EFI/syslinux/' are as originally listed in my OP (where I selected only a few "important" files). For reference here, - Used Arch syslinux files from /usr/lib/syslinux/efi64/ (copied to EFI/syslinux/ on /dev/sdd1 (see below)): ... 134744 ldlinux.e64 121848 liblua.c32 27688 libmenu.c32 6136 linux.c32 31720 menu.c32 10328 syslinux.c32 400 syslinux.cfg (created by me - "Text boot menu" format) 176456 syslinux.efi 4.>> boot: syslinux.cfg >> Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.cfg.c32 >> boot: syslinux >> Undefined symbol FAIL: lua_pushlightuserdata >> Failed Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.c32 >> boot: etc., etc ...> Those are not accepted commands, so you cannot expect adequate results.Those were attempted by me in order to maybe guess a "meaningful" response to the "boot:" prompt and/or maybe in hopes some syslinux people to guess (in their turn :) where I was and/or what was/went wrong. Obviously, something "behind" that "boot:" prompt spoke some "syslinux", see the "c32", "lua_pushlightuserdata", "Failed to load COM32 file syslinux.c32" clues there. BTW, from the "boot:" situation I could recover only by rebooting the machine (or is it by reuefiing the machine? :) 5. This is the content of the 'syslinux.cfg' file UI menu.c32 PROMPT 0 MENU TITLE Boot Menu TIMEOUT 100 DEFAULT arch LABEL arch MENU LABEL Arch Linux LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux APPEND root=/dev/sdd2 rw INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img LABEL archfallback MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux APPEND root=/dev/sdd2 rw INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img Note: During the numerous tests I made, I played with UI menu.c32 (in/out), PROMPT (0/1), to no avail. I'd also like to append this "parted" summary of the subject USB drive to the documentation I submitted in my OP: Model: Kingston DataTraveler G3 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdd: 4007MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Name ? ? Flags 1 17.4kB 537MB 537MB fat32 EFI System ? ? boot, esp 2 537MB 3787MB 3251MB ext2 Linux filesystem 3 3787MB 4007MB 220MB linux-swap(v1) Linux swap Thanks, ?-- Alex?
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