It's odd but verifiable - downgrading extlinux to the version in jessie (3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u1) does not fix the problem. Building a new image with the same options fails in exactly the same way. However, building on jessie itself, does work.
-- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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