Package: installation-guide Tags: patch Hi,
Syslinux 5.00 makes global APPEND directives be ignored by the DEFAULT directive: http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Directives/append#default Since the Debian installer manual recommends using a global APPEND directive to specify the initrd, "initrd=initrd.gz" is not used by the DEFAULT directive, which causes the installer to fail to boot. The following patch is one way to address this problem: Index: manual/en/install-methods/usb-setup/x86.xml =================================================================== --- manual/en/install-methods/usb-setup/x86.xml (revision 70046) +++ manual/en/install-methods/usb-setup/x86.xml (working copy) @@ -93,17 +93,18 @@ </para><para> Next you should create a <filename>syslinux.cfg</filename> configuration -file, which at a bare minimum should contain the following two lines (change -the name of the kernel binary to <quote><filename>linux</filename></quote> -if you used a <filename>netboot</filename> image): +file, which at a bare minimum should contain the following line (change +the name of the kernel binary from +<quote><filename>vmlinuz</filename></quote> to +<quote><filename>linux</filename></quote> if you used a +<filename>netboot</filename> image): <informalexample><screen> -default vmlinuz -append initrd=initrd.gz +default vmlinuz initrd=initrd.gz </screen></informalexample> For the graphical installer you should add <userinput>vga=788</userinput> to the -second line. Other parameters can be appended as desired. +line. Other parameters can be appended as desired. </para><para> The Syslinux wiki recommends using something like the following, but I assume the above, shorter version is preferred: DEFAULT mylabel LABEL mylabel KERNEL vmlinuz APPEND initrd=initrd.gz -- Matt https://ftbfs.org/~kraai/
