Gyorgy Jeney <nog.l...@gmail.com> writes: > 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.
Thanks. Looks like when installed this way, Syslinux can't pass execution to the loaded kernel on your machine. #604560 looks rather similar, so yours may not be the only problematic machine. Unfortunately I can't reproduce this in Qemu, so further debugging isn't easy, unless hpa or another developer comes forward with a clever idea. I'm pretty much at the end of my wits... Will try to repro this on some real hardware, though. -- Regards, Feri. -- 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/87mxoxo0ns....@tac.ki.iif.hu
