Syslinux - Mar 2010 - chain.c32 "Chainboot failed!"

Hi,
I am using syslinux-4.00-pre24, -pre27 and -pre31. chain.c32 fails for pre27 and
pre31 for particular configs ... shown below.

1) works on pre24, fails with error message "Chainboot failed!" for
pre27 and pre31

 LABEL  local
        MENU DEFAULT
        MENU LABEL Local Boot ... (skip PXE boot)
        KERNEL chain.c32
        APPEND hd0 0

2) works on all three.

 LABEL  local
        MENU DEFAULT
        MENU LABEL Local Boot ... (skip PXE boot)
        LOCALBOOT 0
        APPEND -


*** The reason I started using the "chain.c32 and the hd0 0" thing was
that "localboot 0" was not working initially (don't remember which
version, some 3.8x)

Regards,
Shantanu

Shantanu Gadgil wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am using syslinux-4.00-pre24, -pre27 and -pre31. chain.c32 fails for 
> pre27 and pre31 for particular configs ... shown below...
>
> *** The reason I started using the "chain.c32 and the hd0 0"
thing was
> that "localboot 0" was not working initially (don't remember
which
> version, some 3.8x)
>
Good day Shantanu,

Is this fixed with Syslinux-4.00-pre33 or higher?  I know that H. Peter 
addressed chain.c32 a little bit after 4.00-pre-32.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/syslinux/syslinux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/pathbased

- Shao Miller

Hi Shao,
Current I am using syslinux-4.00-pre36 with "LOCALBOOT 0" for HDD
booting.

Things seem to be working...so I haven't messed with the setup.

(I haven't had time to verify whether "chain.c32 hd0 0" works)

Regards,
Shantanu

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:57:36 -0400
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Shantanu Gadgil 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am using syslinux-4.00-pre24, 
-pre27 and -pre31. chain.c32 fails for 
> pre27 and pre31 for 
particular configs ... shown below...
>
> *** The reason I 
started using the "chain.c32 and the hd0 0" thing was
> that 
"localboot 0" was not working initially (don't remember which
> 
version, some 3.8x)
>
Good day Shantanu,

Is this 
fixed with Syslinux-4.00-pre33 or higher?  I know that H. Peter 
addressed chain.c32 a little bit after 4.00-pre-32.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/syslinux/syslinux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/pathbased

- Shao Miller