Hi Izzy, > I think I've found the source of the problem, or at least the key > difference. The bootdisk.ima on the iso image was generated using syslinux > 3.20. If I take the bootdisk.ima file, and syslinux it using > this machine, it creates a working boot CD. I'm using syslinux v 2.11, as > provided in Debian Sarge. I'm not sure what the problem is beyond that, > but hopefully this lead to the solution. > I don't fully understand your problem, it is working with syslinux-2.11 and not with version 3.20? The problem with syslinux is that newer versions fix booting of some biosses, but breaks on others.... It's nearly impossible to find a version that works with all biosses. We could try an update to version 3.3x....
> ...Izzy > Eric > > > Izzy Blacklock wrote: > > >> I ran into problems getting the iso images to boot. I tried the latest >> from the following link, and an older release (v3.0-beta3) that I'd >> downloaded earlier. >> >> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/leaf/Bering-uClibc_3.0.1_iso_bering- >> uclibc-iso.bin?download >> >> Both gave me a boot failure at the initial bios screen. Doesn't look >> like it even managed to load syslinux. I was able to create my own >> bootable cd using the instructions from here: >> >> http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-ide.html#id2650223 >> >> >> This CD booted fine. >> >> >> As it turns out, the iso image from the site above works just fine on >> another, much newer machine. The one I'm having issues with is an old >> AMD 233mhz system - not even sure what model CPU it has. I suspect >> there must be differences in how the iso images are being created. What >> mkisofs command is being used to generate the release iso images? >> From >> the instructions above, I used: >> >> mkisofs -v -b bootdisk.ima -c boot.catalog -r -J -f -o >> Bering-uClibc-CD.iso >> >> >> ...Izzy >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >> your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn >> cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE >> V >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >> Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
