Confirmed that the following worked with 3.73 and before
ONTIMEOUT bz28.7
Tried ESC to boot: prompt and bz28.7 worked with 3.74pre5
So, it only seems to be with the timeout option. What I eventually found to
work was this with the 3.74pre5.
ONTIMEOUT bz28.7 initrd=ramdisk.gz ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram0
With that in the isolinux.cfg it will correctly load the timeout kernel..
Since it worked with 3.73 is this a design change or what. Is this because the
label and kernel name are the same?
On 18 Mar 2009 at 17:12, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
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> I have a project g4l that uses syslinux and have been working on the next
> version. I installed the 3.74 pre5, and it worked just fine. But I was
doing a
> test, and booted the systems, and usually pick the default kerenel or one
of
> the other kernels on the CD before it times out with 60 seconds. But this
> time, I didn't do that. It loaded the default kernel with no problem,
but then
> gives the following:
> VFS: Cannnot open root device "<NULL>" or
unknown-block(253,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the
available
> partitions:
>
> Then it shows the hard disk and cd drive options.
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VGS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-
> block(253,0).
>
> If I select the same kernel from the menu, it boots fine?
> the Ontimeout is:
> Ontimeout bz28.7
>
> Has something changed?
> Thanks.
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