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FS#53436 - [syslinux] Installation with /usr/bin/syslinux-install_update fails, won't boot
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Opened by Volker Tanger (vtanger) - Friday, 24 March 2017, 07:23 GMT
Last edited by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik) - Saturday, 20 January 2018, 21:35 GMT
Opened by Volker Tanger (vtanger) - Friday, 24 March 2017, 07:23 GMT
Last edited by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik) - Saturday, 20 January 2018, 21:35 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
When installing from fresh archlinux-2017.03.01-dual.iso image to a single legacy MBR partition /dev/sda1 ext4 (on a KVM virtual machine) with arch-chroot /mnt syslinux-install_update -i -m it fails with /usr/bin/syslinux-install_update: line 116: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input Installed MBR (/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin) to /dev/sda Subsequential boot fails with Syslinux boot loader complaining Failed to load ldlinux.c32 When digging deeper: the "-m" option fails, the installation of the MBR. The mbr itself can be found where it is expected at (/mnt)/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin do /dev/sda Nonetheless the system boots into syslinux, but fails there. The "missing" /boot/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 is at that exact location as well as all other ones usually found there (compared to on an older, working system). Additional info: * archlinux-2017.03.01-dual.iso (used to work with the archlinux-2017.01.01-dual.iso) * syslinux 6.03-6 /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg: serial 0 115200 DEFAULT arch PROMPT 0 TIMEOUT 30 UI menu.c32 LABEL arch MENU LABEL Arch Linux LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux APPEND root=/dev/sda1 rw logo.nologo elevator=deadline nomodeset INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img |
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Closed by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik)
Saturday, 20 January 2018, 21:35 GMT
Reason for closing: No response
Saturday, 20 January 2018, 21:35 GMT
Reason for closing: No response
After formating the disc with -O ^64bit it works.
The mkfs.ext4 must have changed its 32/64bit default behaviour between the 2017.01.01 and the 2017.03.01 ISOs.
Maybe you can add a check to syslinux-install_update getBoot() function like (untested addition)
getBoot() {
[...]
if [[ $bootfs ]]; then
if ! check_is_in "$bootfs" "${syslinux_fs[@]}"; then
echo "/boot file system is not supported by Syslinux"
exit 1
fi
if [ -n "$( tune2fs -l $bootfs | fgrep 64bit )" ]; then
echo "64 bit option on EXT filesystem is not supported by Syslinux, see http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem#ext";
exit 1
fi
[...]
I don't see that I can test in in the next months, either.
:(