Bug#803938: extlinux: boot from xfs partition not working

As of June 2017 still not possible to boot from XFS. Maybe Syslinux 6.04 Changelog http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Syslinux_6_Changelog : "XFS: Support XFS on-disk V5, node directories version 3, xfsprogs 4.x. (Paulo Alcantara)."

Bug#865462: extlinux: boot from gpt partition with Btrfs does not work

Maybe see Syslinux Changelog http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Syslinux_6_Changelog : "BTRFS: Fix logical_to_physical block address mapping"

Bug#865462: extlinux: boot from gpt partition with Btrfs does not work

Package: extlinux Version: 3:6.03+dfsg-14.1 Severity: important Steps to reproduce (disk is on /dev/sdb): --- sgdisk -og /dev/sdb sgdisk -n 1:2048:409566 /dev/sdb mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb1 sgdisk --attributes=1:set:2 /dev/sdb cat /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr/gptmbr.bin > /dev/sdb mount /dev/sdb1 /media/disk/