Hello, I noticed the following behavior of extlinux 4.05: I created an ext3 filesystem on the first (primary and active) partition of a usb stick. I mounted it at /mnt/. Then I copied to /mnt/ldlinux.sys the ldlinux.sys found in the syslinux 4.05 archive and I created a basic /mnt/extlinux.cfg. Then I ran "extlinux -i /mnt/" and rebooted on the usb stick. I got "ERROR: No configuration file found". I tried the same procedure again but this time changing extlinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg and it worked fine. Is this a bug or is the documentation saying that extlinux.cfg should work outdated? Is it related to the following email? http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2010-March/013803.html It's easy enough to work around but it's a bit annoying when you don't know it. nano
Hi, On 29.07.2012 18:55, Giuliano Losa wrote:> Hello, > I noticed the following behavior of extlinux 4.05: > > I created an ext3 filesystem on the first (primary and active) partition > of a usb stick. I mounted it at /mnt/. Then I copied to /mnt/ldlinux.sys > the ldlinux.sys found in the syslinux 4.05 archive and I created a basic > /mnt/extlinux.cfg.Just copying probably won't work. You have to install the bootloader code using the utilities syslinux or extlinux.> Then I ran "extlinux -i /mnt/" and rebooted on the usb stick.This is the proper way to install.> I got > "ERROR: No configuration file found". > > I tried the same procedure again but this time changing extlinux.cfg to > syslinux.cfg and it worked fine.extlinux.conf (note the "o") is the loader-specific configuration file, syslinux.cfg is the generic configuration file. Where did you find extlinux.cfg as configuration file name?> > Is this a bug or is the documentation saying that extlinux.cfg should > work outdated?Where is that documented? http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX documents extlinux.conf and syslinux.cfg under item 2. Alexander> Is it related to the following email? > http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2010-March/013803.html > > It's easy enough to work around but it's a bit annoying when you don't > know it. > > nano > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. >-- Alexander Foken mailto:alexander at foken.de http://www.foken.de/alexander/
On 07/29/2012 09:55 AM, Giuliano Losa wrote:> Hello, > I noticed the following behavior of extlinux 4.05: > > I created an ext3 filesystem on the first (primary and active) partition > of a usb stick. I mounted it at /mnt/. Then I copied to /mnt/ldlinux.sys > the ldlinux.sys found in the syslinux 4.05 archive and I created a basic > /mnt/extlinux.cfg. > Then I ran "extlinux -i /mnt/" and rebooted on the usb stick. I got > "ERROR: No configuration file found". > > I tried the same procedure again but this time changing extlinux.cfg to > syslinux.cfg and it worked fine. > > Is this a bug or is the documentation saying that extlinux.cfg should > work outdated? > Is it related to the following email? > http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2010-March/013803.html > > It's easy enough to work around but it's a bit annoying when you don't > know it. >Look at the subject line of your own email. extlinux.conf or syslinux.cfg. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Giuliano Losa <giuliano.losa at epfl.ch> wrote:> of a usb stick. I mounted it at /mnt/. Then I copied to /mnt/ldlinux.sys > the ldlinux.sys found in the syslinux 4.05 archive and I created a basicYou should just let the installer create the ldlinux.sys file (because it already overwrote what you did in the first place). -- -Gene