Syslinux - Jul 2008 - Syslinux vmlinuz name limitation?

Hello,

I'm using syslinux-3.70 and apparently it doesn't allow me to use
different names for vmlinuz and initrd.gz.

If I use a name like vmlinuz-nx08 in the config file syslinux seem to be
reloading everytime I try to boot. If I use vmlinuz and initrd-nx08.gz syslinux
complains that it can't find the file even though it's there. I also
tested this from the boot prompt and the menu and the same seems to be
happening.

When I use the standard vmlinuz and initrd.gz names everything works just fine.

Syslinux seems to be going forward nicely and I really enjoy when I see it gets
significant improvements quite often.

I don't know if anyone else experienced the problems I have but I thought
that you should know about it. If you need additional info I'd be glad to
supply it.

One more thing. I'm installing syslinux from linux on a USB drive and as a
MBR I use mbr.bin

Best regards,
Bogdan

Op 20-07-2008 om 23:41 schreef Bogdan Radulescu:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using syslinux-3.70 and apparently it doesn't allow me to use
> different names for vmlinuz and initrd.gz.
I used last saturday succesfully the name 'lua.c32'
> If I use a name like vmlinuz-nx08 in the config file syslinux seem to be
> reloading everytime I try to boot. If I use vmlinuz and initrd-nx08.gz
> syslinux complains that it can't find the file even though it's
there. I
> also tested this from the boot prompt and the menu and the same seems
> to be happening.
>
> When I use the standard vmlinuz and initrd.gz names everything works
> just fine.
>
> Syslinux seems to be going forward nicely and I really enjoy when I
> see it gets significant improvements quite often.
>
> I don't know if anyone else experienced the problems I have but I
> thought that you should know about it. If you need additional info
> I'd be glad to supply it.
Please provide your syslinux conf file.
> One more thing. I'm installing syslinux from linux on a USB drive and
> as a MBR I use mbr.bin
>
> Best regards, Bogdan

Cheers
Geert Stappers

2008/7/21 Bogdan Radulescu <bogdan_radulescu99 at
yahoo.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using syslinux-3.70 and apparently it doesn't allow me to use
different names for vmlinuz and initrd.gz.
>
> If I use a name like vmlinuz-nx08 in the config file syslinux seem to be
reloading everytime I try to boot. If I use vmlinuz and initrd-nx08.gz syslinux
complains that it can't find the file even though it's there. I also
tested this from the boot prompt and the menu and the same seems to be
happening.
>
> When I use the standard vmlinuz and initrd.gz names everything works just
fine.
>
> Syslinux seems to be going forward nicely and I really enjoy when I see it
gets significant improvements quite often.
>
> I don't know if anyone else experienced the problems I have but I
thought that you should know about it. If you need additional info I'd be
glad to supply it.
>
> One more thing. I'm installing syslinux from linux on a USB drive and
as a MBR I use mbr.bin
     It's possible that the names are mangled (the names change
because they don't fit in the 8+3 format of
  DOS drives).

            Lo?c

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:41:12PM -0700, Bogdan Radulescu
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using syslinux-3.70 and apparently it doesn't allow me to use
different names for vmlinuz and initrd.gz.
> 
> If I use a name like vmlinuz-nx08 in the config file syslinux seem to be
reloading everytime I try to boot. If I use vmlinuz and initrd-nx08.gz syslinux
complains that it can't find the file even though it's there. I also
tested this from the boot prompt and the menu and the same seems to be
happening.
> 
> When I use the standard vmlinuz and initrd.gz names everything works just
fine.
Maybe it has changed recently, but syslinux didn't support long file
names on DOS/Windows filesystems, so the vmlinuz-nx08 and initrd-nx08.gz
don't exist as far as it's concerned.

Try using vmlinuz.nx8 and initrd.nx8, or nx08.kn and nx08.rd. You get
the idea...

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