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2019 Aug 04
3
Extlinux no longer bootable, how to fix?
...to
duplicate my linux system from partition to partition, from a
carefully configured one, and from machine to machine as well.
- during the mirror/transfer, I always exclude the
/boot/extlinux/ldlinux.sys file
- then after the transfer, I always do a extlinux install via
extlinux --install $new_os_mnt/boot/extlinux
I think this should be enough, however, the strange problem is that it
is not fully working:
- its menu shows up fine but can?t boot /vmlinuz
- after sellecting the menu, it shows ?Loading /vmlinuz...? then
flashed ?failed?, and go back to the menu again.
Here is my extlinux menu:...
2019 Aug 05
0
Extlinux no longer bootable, how to fix?
...ror/transfer, I always exclude the
> /boot/extlinux/ldlinux.sys file
Presumably this is just a file copy and not duplicating things like
the VBR (the first sector of the file system/partition).
> - then after the transfer, I always do a extlinux install via
>
> extlinux --install $new_os_mnt/boot/extlinux
>
> I think this should be enough, however, the strange problem is that it
> is not fully working:
>
> - its menu shows up fine but can?t boot /vmlinuz
In the context of your shell command, I assume this exists as
"$new_os_mnt/vmlinuz"? Or did you really wan...