Syslinux - Jun 2015 - ext4, boot error after writing irrelevant files on same partition

On 05/20/2015 12:16 AM, Denys Fedoryshchenko via Syslinux
wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I faced very strange problem, after i install extlinux, on ext4
> partition and i wrote some files (they doesn't touch syslinux files),
> system refuse to boot and gives "Boot error".
> I checked ldlinux.sys, file is fine, checksum is intact and etc.
> Running extlinux -i /mountpoint sure fixes the problem.
> 
> What are the steps to troubleshoot the problem?
> 
If you can reproduce this on a small image, it would be highly useful to
simply get a copy of the failing image.

	-hpa