[arch-releng] [archiso] issue with syslinux and "config-jump-trick" with relative path

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

On 07/24/2012 06:33 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> Looks like something was changed in 4.05, since this thing [#1] was 
> tested (4.04)...
>
> this is when using SYSLINUX (this is when copy "arch" and installing 
> syslinux manually, not using hybrid method that ISOLINUX is used)
>
> ------ booting ---------
> SYSLINUX 4.05 0x4f5727e3 Copyright (C) 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al
> Could not find kernel image: boot/syslinux/whichsys.c32
> boot: syslinux/pwd
> /arch/boot/syslinux/../
> boot:
> -------------------------
>
> ----- syslinux.cfg -----
> DEFAULT loadconfig
>
> LABEL loadconfig
>   CONFIG archiso.cfg
>   APPEND ../../
> --------------------------
>
> Workaround for now is using absolute path on destination medium|
> sed -i "s|../../|/arch|" /mnt/arch/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg|
>
>
> [#1] 
> https://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/commit/?id=87e84261c99b8bfabf3f64ad24599d77c9a262a2
>
Aha!, when I tested this I was done using EXT4, the issue is under FAT

http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2012-June/017752.html

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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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