On 24 November 2010 21:54, Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> wrote: > Gyorgy Jeney <nog.l...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 24 November 2010 20:25, Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> wrote: >>> # sed -i '/^timeout/s/0/50/' /mnt/syslinux.cfg >>> # umount /mnt >>> >>> and then try to boot the installer from the pendrive. Now it should >>> automatically choose the default item in the boot menu after 5 seconds >>> (unless syslinux is actually frozen by this time). >> >> I tried that. When the menu appears, at the bottom, it counts down 5, >> 4, 3, 2, 1 and then reads something from the USB key for some time >> (the activity light flashes on the key) and then just hangs at the >> menu with the count being 1. I waited about a minute before rebooting >> at this point. > > Looks like it actually tries to load the kernel. Could you please fully > rewrite syslinux.cfg to contain only the following four lines and retest? > > default linux > append initrd=initrd.gz > prompt 1 > timeout 50 > > This should skip the menu and also make the kernel more verbose.
This results in the following output: SYSLINUX 4.02 debian-20101014 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al Loading linux..... Loading initrd.gz.......ready. And then hangs. nog. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimpfe3owdmjw4vfb4stj-gj15lnhgl8hpm_n...@mail.gmail.com
