Syslinux - Dec 2010 - Bug#604194: This looks like another isolinux failure

Hi,

Has anybody got an idea what may be wrong in this Debian bug
(http://bugs.debian.org/604194)?  I will try to look into this more, but
have to sleep first...

Thanks,
Feri.

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Subject: Re: Bug#604194: This looks like another isolinux failure
From: Ricardo Rafael Herrera Moreno <rirahemo at hotmail.com>
To: Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu>, 604194-quiet at bugs.debian.org
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:31:07 -0600

El mi?, 15-12-2010 a las 00:05 +0100, Ferenc Wagner escribi?:
> Please try (with a rewriteable CD) the image at
> http://apt.niif.hu/debian-squeeze-di-beta2-amd64-netinst_4.04-pre3.iso
> This is a remastered installer built with the debugging version of the
> newest upstream Isolinux and a modified config which makes it easy to
> skip the graphical menu for getting more progress output.  After the
> isolinux banner appears, it should inform you that you can type text and
> text-788 at the boot prompt.  You've got 10 seconds to start typing.
> please test both options if typing anything at all becomes possible.  Of
> course the kernel will not boot, as it's for 64-bit, but we're
> interested in isolinux at the moment.  Please make a screenshot if it
> still freezes.
Greetings.

I tried.  Your suggestion.
These were the results.

# At boot 
ISOLINUX 4.04 4.04-pre3 Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al
isolinux: Starting up, DL = 9F
isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 9F
isolinux: Main image LBA = 00000149
isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code ...
Enter test or test-788 here to skip the graphical menu
# after less than a second
boot: 
# so i tried
boot: test
# result
 aborted.
boot:
# then i tried again the same command
boot: test
# result
Loading /install.amd/vmlinuz. aborted.

# then i restart, and tried the other command

boot: test-788
# result
 aborted.
boot:
# then i tried again the same command
boot: test-788
# result
Loading /install.amd/vmlinuz. aborted.

# then i restart, and tried this command

boot: expert vga = normal fb = false
# result
 aborted.
boot:
# then i tried again the same command
boot: expert vga = normal fb = false
# result
Loading /install.amd/vmlinuz. aborted.

Thanks.


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On 12/20/2010 02:56 PM, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anybody got an idea what may be wrong in this Debian bug
> (http://bugs.debian.org/604194)?  I will try to look into this more, but
> have to sleep first...
> 
> Thanks,
> Feri.
Looks like it's seeing a Ctrl-C or Esc either on the serial port or on
the keyboard.

	-hpa