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2014 Jul 11
2
Avoid returning to menu if boot error happened
Hi
I have a weird early boot bug that most likely happens because of
interaction between syslinux (6.03pre18), btrfs and initram generated
by Linux Arch installer.
For some reason boot fails. Syslinux prints some information and
returns back to the menu. Unfortunately it clears all the messages
from screen. I really want to know what boot process prints there.
Looking at
2014 Jul 11
0
Avoid returning to menu if boot error happened
...your
syslinux.cfg so to obtain (and be able to read) the error message
(that is, if indeed the error message is generated by Syslinux).
For instance:
_ avoid the UI directive,
_ avoid ONTIMEOUT,
_ avoid ONERROR,
_ avoid MENU CLEAR
_ use a higher TIMEOUT,
_ use PROMPT 1,
_ use DEFAULT <problematic_label>.
These are just basic changes that _might_ help. In some cases, some
of the above should not be applied, and sometimes other changes are
needed.
The main point is that a basic syslinux.cfg (or equivalent) should
help you see the error messages.
If you need more details, please post your S...
2014 Jul 11
2
Avoid returning to menu if boot error happened
...read) the error message
> (that is, if indeed the error message is generated by Syslinux).
>
> For instance:
> _ avoid the UI directive,
> _ avoid ONTIMEOUT,
> _ avoid ONERROR,
> _ avoid MENU CLEAR
> _ use a higher TIMEOUT,
> _ use PROMPT 1,
> _ use DEFAULT <problematic_label>.
>
> These are just basic changes that _might_ help. In some cases, some
> of the above should not be applied, and sometimes other changes are
> needed.
Thanks, it works! For some reason I thought UI option is required and
the text menu is the default one. After I removed the UI I...