Package: extlinux
Version: 2:4.04+dfsg-2
Severity: normal
I downloaded an ISO, put it in /boot, and ran extlinux-update. It
generated the following memdisk.cfg:
label m0
menu label Memdisk, image grml-medium_2011.05.iso
linux /boot/extlinux/memdisk
initrd /boot/grml-medium_2011.05.iso
append iso
Trying to boot from this failed with an error message about not being
able to find the kernel image.
Comparing with the generated linux.cfg made it obvious what was going
on: there were no filenames prefixed with /boot in linux.cfg, as I have
a separate /boot partition. I removed the /boot prefix from the
filenames in memdisk.cfg allowed the ISO to be booted.
So, I think extlinux-update needs to handle the case of a separate /boot
partition for memdisks as well as linux kernels.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages extlinux depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.39 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.13-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
Versions of packages extlinux recommends:
pn syslinux-common <none> (no description available)
pn syslinux-themes-debian <none> (no description available)
extlinux suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
extlinux/install: false
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