On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 09:15, mammar <mammar at gmail.com>
wrote:> Hi,
>
>
> Following are the steps i used to install syslinux on a external usb hdd.
>
>
> ? 1. Create a 1GB partition
> ? 2. Format it with FAT32
> ? 3. Extract live iso on partition
> ? 4. Install syslinux on partition.
>
> Note: Default timeout is 3 seconds in syslinux.cfg
>
> The problem is that Automatic boot in # seconds...** stays on screen for
> more than 5 seconds. Counting starts from 3 to 1 but message is still
there.
1) "Automatic boot" sounds like you're using menu.c32/vesamenu.c32
as
a user interface rather than the CLI.
Does it count normally down from 3 to 1 (ie, per second) then the
screen stays constant? If so, you probably have the keywords "quiet
in the commandline. menu.c32/vesamenu.c32 listen to this and don't
output anything further.
2) I'd suggest posting the used LABEL and any global directives.
> Is this some issue with external usb hdd interface?
Probably not.
> How can i fix it?
Remove "quiet". It's a feature that some Syslinux users like for
their end users.
--
-Gene