[manjaro-dev] Fwd: Re: Arch boot problem

Wed Nov 6 20:25:57 CET 2013

Well, again I'll test it thoroughly, so we should get away without too many
RCs. I have three latops to test it on, with a fourth being bought tomorrow.

And no, only two are mine.

On 6 November 2013 19:22, Philip Müller <philm at manjaro.org> wrote:

>  Well, it can only be this change. I don't care to use syslinux4 for our
> live-medias. It makes no sense at all to ship something broken. It changed
> with RC1 so we can change it back with RC3 and test it again. I still hope
> we don't have to do a RC4 or so. Thus gets only translations and small
> bugfixes. I don't plan to add any new feature to it now. Also Antergos just
> add some normal code to Cnchi ...
>
> Am 06.11.2013 20:20, schrieb Carl Duff:
>
> The joys of a bleeding edge system, eh?
>
>
> On 6 November 2013 19:17, Philip Müller <philm at manjaro.org> wrote:
>
>>  I think it should simply work. I might have to modify manjaroiso once
>> more to get the old isolinux menu running.
>> I adapted to syslinux 6-series. Lets see what is needed for syslinux
>> 4-series to be restored ...
>> Currently I'm compiling some kernels.
>>
>> Am 06.11.2013 20:14, schrieb Carl Duff:
>>
>> Checked pre3, RC1, RC2,  and this seems to be correct.
>>
>>  If you make the change, then I will test the ISO thoroughly, both in a
>> VM and for real ASAP. Just let me know when.
>>
>> We (as in people who know about this stuff) will also have to think of
>> any possible long-term ramifications...
>>
>>  Carl
>>
>>
>> On 6 November 2013 19:06, Philip Müller <philm at manjaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>>  If I'm correct we have followed versions of syslinux used for our
>>> images:
>>>
>>> 0.8.7.1:       syslinux 4.07-1
>>> 0.8.8pre3:   syslinux 4.07-1
>>> 0.8.8rc1:     syslinux 6.02-3
>>> 0.8.8rc2:     syslinux 6.02-4
>>>
>>> So I can create a new package called syslinux4 we can use for our livecd
>>> and see what happens.
>>>
>>> Am 06.11.2013 17:03, schrieb Carl Duff:
>>>
>>>  Will do - thanks for the links.
>>>
>>> My layman intuition is starting to suspect that the issue may be linked
>>> to the implementation of *Syslinux 6.02 multi-fs*.
>>>
>>> This post on your forum may also be related:
>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1346285
>>>
>>> Best Wishes,
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>> On 6 November 2013 15:04, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <
>>> vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>> @Carl: Please report to http://bugzilla.syslinux.org/ in ISOLINUX to be
>>>> specific, and maybe also sent a message to syslinux mailing-lists.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Good Luck
>>>>
>>>> On 11/06/2013 09:34 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
>>>> > Gerardo,
>>>> >
>>>> > Do you have any insight into this?
>>>> >
>>>> > Allan
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > -------- Original Message --------
>>>> > Subject:      Re: Arch boot problem
>>>> > Date:         Wed, 6 Nov 2013 11:40:35 +0000
>>>> > From:         Carl Duff <cdrw2400 at gmail.com>
>>>> > To:   Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi Allan,
>>>> >
>>>> > I believe so, although my Linux skills are far too poor at present to
>>>> > provide any more detailed information.
>>>> >
>>>> > Our 0.8.7 release installs fine via CD/DVD on non-UEFI systems, whilst
>>>> > 0.8.8 RC2 does not. I believe there was an update to SysLinux 6 in
>>>> this
>>>> > time, but cannot say if this is related.
>>>> >
>>>> > Issue was verified by Phil, and both of us used multiple burners at
>>>> > multiple speeds. Same issue with the latest Arch ISO. As Datasticks
>>>> > (using dd) work fine, I don't think it's a BIOS problem at our end.
>>>> >
>>>> > By the way, won't make a habit of going through you with matters like
>>>> this.
>>>> >
>>>> > Carl
>>>> >
>>>> > On 6 November 2013 04:28, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org
>>>> > <mailto:allan at archlinux.org>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >     Thanks.   I have forwarded this on to the relevant people.
>>>> >
>>>> >     Does your "same for Manjaro" indicate this is an issue brought in
>>>> with a
>>>> >     software update?
>>>> >
>>>> >     Allan
>>>> >
>>>> >     On 04/11/13 05:23, Carl Duff wrote:
>>>> >     > Also the same issue with i686 systems.
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     > PS - ever find yourself in London, I know a lovely Woodoven
>>>> pizza
>>>> >     place.
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     > Carl
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     > On 3 November 2013 18:15, Carl Duff <cdrw2400 at gmail.com
>>>> >     <mailto:cdrw2400 at gmail.com>
>>>> >     > <mailto:cdrw2400 at gmail.com <mailto:cdrw2400 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     >     Hi Allan,
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     >     Just to let you know that the latest Arch ISO is unlikely
>>>> to boot
>>>> >     >     from CD / DVD on non-UEFI 64-bit machines. Try it, and
>>>> you'll get
>>>> >     >     the following error message: *ISOLINUX 6.02 ETCDisolinux:
>>>> Disk
>>>> >     error
>>>> >     >     01, AX = 4279, drive FE*
>>>> >     >     *
>>>> >     >     *
>>>> >     >     Should still work if using a usb data stick. Same for
>>>> Manjaro.
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     >     Apologies if someone has already raised this elsewhere; I
>>>> do not
>>>> >     >     frequent the Arch forums.
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     >     Carl
>>>> >     >
>>>> >     >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
>>>> \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1
>>>>
>>>>
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