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David Christensen

2017-Mar-19 23:03 UTC

[syslinux] "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt" when booting USB flash drive in old PC

On 03/19/2017 01:01 AM, Thomas Schmitt via Syslinux
wrote:> David Christensen wrote:
>> Is there a way I can build live 32-bit Debian GNU/Linux USB images
without
>> isohdpfx.S and syslinux.bin?
>
> You could try
>  
https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-flexible
This is how I prepared an ADATA USB Flash Drive 4 GB:

# cat /etc/debian_version
8.7

# uname -a
Linux hd-tracy 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u2 
(2017-03-07) i686 GNU/Linux

# dmesg | tail -n 17
[ 3427.672019] usb 5-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 3427.807674] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=125f, idProduct=c08a
[ 3427.807680] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
SerialNumber=3
[ 3427.807683] usb 5-2: Product: ADATA USB Flash Drive
[ 3427.807686] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: ADATA
[ 3427.807689] usb 5-2: SerialNumber: <redacted>
[ 3427.899566] usb-storage 5-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 3427.900045] scsi4 : usb-storage 5-2:1.0
[ 3427.900331] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 3428.901275] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ADATA    USB Flash Drive 
0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 3428.901941] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 3428.904773] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 7592960 512-byte logical blocks: (3.88 
GB/3.62 GiB)
[ 3428.905927] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 3428.905935] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[ 3428.907021] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: 
enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 3428.917749]  sdb: unknown partition table
[ 3428.953502] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

# lsusb | grep DATA
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 125f:c08a A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd. C008 Flash 
Drive

# lsusb -v -s 005:002

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 125f:c08a A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd. C008 Flash 
Drive
Device Descriptor:
   bLength                18
   bDescriptorType         1
   bcdUSB               2.00
   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
   bDeviceSubClass         0
   bDeviceProtocol         0
   bMaxPacketSize0        64
   idVendor           0x125f A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd.
   idProduct          0xc08a C008 Flash Drive
   bcdDevice            1.00
   iManufacturer           1 ADATA
   iProduct                2 ADATA USB Flash Drive
   iSerial                 3 <redacted>
   bNumConfigurations      1
   Configuration Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         2
     wTotalLength           32
     bNumInterfaces          1
     bConfigurationValue     1
     iConfiguration          0
     bmAttributes         0x80
       (Bus Powered)
     MaxPower              480mA
     Interface Descriptor:
       bLength                 9
       bDescriptorType         4
       bInterfaceNumber        0
       bAlternateSetting       0
       bNumEndpoints           2
       bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
       bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
       bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk-Only
       iInterface              0
       Endpoint Descriptor:
	bLength                 7
	bDescriptorType         5
	bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
	bmAttributes            2
	  Transfer Type            Bulk
	  Synch Type               None
	  Usage Type               Data
	wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
	bInterval               1
       Endpoint Descriptor:
	bLength                 7
	bDescriptorType         5
	bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
	bmAttributes            2
	  Transfer Type            Bulk
	  Synch Type               None
	  Usage Type               Data
	wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
	bInterval               1
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
   bLength                10
   bDescriptorType         6
   bcdUSB               2.00
   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
   bDeviceSubClass         0
   bDeviceProtocol         0
   bMaxPacketSize0        64
   bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0000
   (Bus Powered)

# time dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M; sync
dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device
3708+0 records in
3707+0 records out
3887595520 bytes (3.9 GB) copied, 752.992 s, 5.2 MB/s

real	12m32.996s
user	0m0.004s
sys	0m6.512s

# parted /dev/sdb mklabel msdos
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

# parted /dev/sdb mkpart primary fat16 0% 100%
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

# parted /dev/sdb set 1 boot on
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
									
# install-mbr /dev/sdb

# mkdosfs /dev/sdb1
mkfs.fat 3.0.27 (2014-11-12)

# syslinux /dev/sdb1

# mkdir /mnt/iso

# mount 
/mnt/samba/data/dpchrist/iso/debian/8.7.1/i386/debian-8.7.1-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso 
/mnt/iso

# mkdir /mnt/usb

# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb

# cp -ip /mnt/iso/install.386/vmlinuz /mnt/usb/.

# cp -ip /mnt/iso/install.386/initrd.gz /mnt/usb/.

# echo "default vmlinuz" >> /mnt/usb/syslinux.cfg

# echo "append initrd=initrd.gz" >> /mnt/usb/syslinux.cfg

# echo "append prompt 1" >> /mnt/usb/syslinux.cfg

# cp -ip 
/mnt/samba/data/dpchrist/iso/debian/8.7.1/i386/debian-8.7.1-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso 
/mnt/usb/.
cp: failed to preserve ownership for 
'/mnt/usb/./debian-8.7.1-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso': Operation not permitted

2017-03-19 15:19:34 root at hd-tracy ~
# umount /mnt/iso

2017-03-19 15:20:30 root at hd-tracy ~
# ls -l /mnt/usb
total 671632
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 678428672 Mar  4 17:02 
debian-8.7.1-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   6301268 Jan 16 02:09 initrd.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root    116624 Mar 19 07:50 ldlinux.c32
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root     61440 Mar 19 07:50 ldlinux.sys
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root        56 Mar 19 15:14 syslinux.cfg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   2830656 Jan 16 02:09 vmlinuz

2017-03-19 15:20:36 root at hd-tracy ~
# df /mnt/usb
Filesystem     1K-blocks   Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1        3787528 671636   3115892  18% /mnt/usb

2017-03-19 15:20:44 root at hd-tracy ~
# mount | grep usb
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/usb type vfat 
(rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)

2017-03-19 15:20:49 root at hd-tracy ~
# umount /mnt/usb

2017-03-19 15:23:05 root at hd-tracy ~
# dd if=/dev/sdb count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
00000000  fc 31 c0 8e d0 31 e4 8e  d8 8e c0 be 00 7c bf 00 
|.1...1.......|..|
00000010  06 b9 00 01 f3 a5 be ee  07 b0 08 ea 20 06 00 00 
|............ ...|
00000020  80 3e b6 07 ff 75 04 88  16 b6 07 80 3c 00 74 04 
|.>...u......<.t.|
00000030  08 06 b2 07 83 ee 10 d0  e8 73 f0 cd 1a 89 16 00 
|.........s......|
00000040  08 e8 33 01 81 3e b4 07  ff ff 74 46 f6 06 b3 07 
|..3..>....tF....|
00000050  80 74 06 b4 01 cd 16 75  39 f6 06 b3 07 40 74 07 
|.t.....u9.... at t.|
00000060  f6 06 17 04 0f 75 2b 31  c0 cd 1a 2b 16 00 08 2b 
|.....u+1...+...+|
00000070  16 b4 07 72 d7 a0 b3 07  24 07 3c 07 75 0b be be 
|...r....$.<.u...|
00000080  07 b0 00 b9 04 00 80 3c  00 75 66 fe c0 83 c6 10 
|.......<.uf.....|
00000090  e2 f4 e8 e2 00 b4 0e be  a0 07 8a 0e b2 07 ac d0 
|................|
000000a0  e9 73 02 cd 10 08 c9 75  f5 b0 3a cd 10 31 c0 cd 
|.s.....u..:..1..|
000000b0  16 3c 00 74 f8 3c 0d 74  bc 3c 61 72 06 3c 7a 77 
|.<.t.<.t.<ar.<zw|
000000c0  02 2c 20 88 c3 be a0 07  8a 0e b2 07 ac d0 e9 73  |., 
............s|
000000d0  04 38 c3 74 06 08 c9 75  f3 eb d2 b8 0d 0e 31 db 
|.8.t...u......1.|
000000e0  cd 10 8d 84 5f 00 3c 07  75 07 b0 1f a2 b2 07 eb 
|...._.<.u.......|
000000f0  a1 e8 83 00 31 d2 b9 01  00 3c 04 74 11 73 f0 30 
|....1....<.t.s.0|
00000100  e4 b1 04 d2 e0 be be 07  01 c6 8a 16 b6 07 bf 05 
|................|
00000110  00 56 f6 c2 80 74 2b b4  41 bb aa 55 52 cd 13 5a 
|.V...t+.A..UR..Z|
00000120  5e 56 72 1e 81 fb 55 aa  75 18 f6 c1 01 74 13 8b 
|^Vr...U.u....t..|
00000130  44 08 8b 5c 0a be 90 07  89 44 08 89 5c 0a b4 42 
|D..\.....D..\..B|
00000140  eb 0c 8a 74 01 8b 4c 02  b8 01 02 bb 00 7c 50 c6 
|...t..L......|P.|
00000150  06 92 07 01 cd 13 58 5e  73 05 4f 75 b4 eb 90 81 
|......X^s.Ou....|
00000160  3e fe 7d 55 aa 75 f6 31  db b8 0d 0e cd 10 b0 0a 
|>.}U.u.1........|
00000170  cd 10 ea 00 7c 00 00 50  b8 0d 0e 31 db cd 10 be 
|....|..P...1....|
00000180  8c 07 b9 04 00 ac cd 10  e2 fb 58 c3 4d 42 52 20 
|..........X.MBR |
00000190  10 00 01 00 00 7c 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|.....|..........|
000001a0  31 32 33 34 46 00 00 41  4e 44 54 6d 62 72 00 02 
|1234F..ANDTmbr..|
000001b0  00 02 90 c7 12 00 80 00  52 ed 07 5f a8 01 80 20 
|........R.._... |
000001c0  21 00 0e 92 7a d8 00 08  00 00 00 d0 73 00 00 00 
|!...z.......s...|
000001d0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|................|
*
000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa 
|..............U.|
00000200

2017-03-19 15:23:15 root at hd-tracy ~
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 3.6 GiB, 3887595520 bytes, 7592960 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x5f07ed52

Device     Boot Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1  *     2048 7591935 7589888  3.6G  e W95 FAT16 (LBA)


When I undock the HDD from my D865GBFLK Pentium 4 3.4E GHz computer and 
boot the USB drive, I see:

MBR

SYSLINUX 6.03 CHS 20150820 Copyright (C) 1994-2014 H. Peter Anvin et al
Loading vmlinuz...


After a few seconds, I see:

[    0.599372] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 3.16.0-4-586 #1 
Debian3.216.39-1
[    0.599429] Hardware name:
  BIOS BF86510A.86A.0077.P25.0508040031 08/04/2005
[    0.599492]  f6069f08 f6069f08 c1421c1b c14f3898 c16c0fc0 c152012b 
f6069f30 00008001
[    0.599777]  c14e63d1 f62d4000 c1608052 c14e68c4 f6069f30 c14e63d1 
00000000 00000000
[    0.600061]  f6ee3a80 00000000 f62d40df 6e6b6e75 2d6e776f 636f6c62 
2c30286b 00002930
[    0.600346] Call Trace:
[    0.600395]  [<c1421c1b>] ? panic+0x74/0x194
[    0.600442]  [<c1608052>] ? mount_block_root+0x250/0x258
[    0.600490]  [<c16081cd>] ? perpare_namespace+0x117/0x15d
[    0.600537]  [<c1607d58>] ? kernel_init_freeable+0x1a6/0x1b1
[    0.600585]  [<c1607574>] ? initcall_blacklist+0x97/0x97
[    0.600632]  [<c141f620>] ? kernel_init+0x10/0xe0
[    0.600680]  [<c10607c7<] ? schedule_tail+0x17/0x40
[    0.600728]  [<c1427a40>] ? ret_from_kernel_thread+0x20/0x30
[    0.600766]  [<c141f610>] ? rest_init+0x60/0x60
[    0.600823] Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xc1000000 (relocation range: 
0xc0000000-0xf7ffdfff)
[    0.600883] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount 
root fs on unkonwn-block(0,0)


David

David Christensen

2017-Mar-19 23:36 UTC

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On 03/19/2017 04:03 PM, David Christensen wrote:> [    0.600883] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount
> root fs on unkonwn-block(0,0)
Similar kernel panic when booted on Intel DQ67SW i7-2600S.


David

Ady Ady

2017-Mar-20 03:30 UTC

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[syslinux] "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt" when booting USB flash drive in old PC

> On 03/19/2017 04:03 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> > [    0.600883] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to
mount
> > root fs on unkonwn-block(0,0)
> 
> Similar kernel panic when booted on Intel DQ67SW i7-2600S.
> 
> 
> David
>  
 
That's because your syslinux.cfg is "wrong", but the behavior just
proves that SYSLINUX is indeed booting.

# ***syslinux.cfg***
DEFAULT mylabel
LABEL mylabel
LINUX vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.gz
# ******************

So the system is bootable, and the others (those old P4) will be too.
>From now on, it is about what additional "append" parameters you want/need or about configuring whatever Debian wants/needs on each 
system. That's for Debian (and its community) to support (hint: the cfg 
files in the ISO image should give you a first clue, and they can 
probably be used almost as-is).

Regards,
Ady.

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