Bug#879004: marked as done (isolinux: isohdpfx.bin fails to boot on old BIOS due to wrong stack order for heads/sectors)

2017-11-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System 
Your message dated Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:47:49 +
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and subject line Bug#879004: fixed in syslinux 3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u2
has caused the Debian Bug report #879004,
regarding isolinux: isohdpfx.bin fails to boot on old BIOS due to wrong stack 
order for heads/sectors
to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-cd
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I have two older computers with Intel D865GBFLK motherboards (~2003)
and Pentium 4 HT CPU's.  They both have the latest available BIOS
installed.  I would like to put Debian on them.


I have downloaded:

debian-8.7.1-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso


When I put the ISO on a CD-R, it boots correctly.


When I put the ISO on a USB flash drive and boot it:

isolinux.bin missing or corrupt


The same USB flash drive boots correctly in newer computers.


Memtest86+ 5.01 on a USB flash drive boots correctly in the older
computers.


My conclusion is that the ISO is not compatible with the BIOS in the
older computers.


David



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Source: syslinux
Source-Version: 3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
syslinux, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 879...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Lukas Schwaighofer  (supplier of updated syslinux 
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 19:12:43 +0100
Source: syslinux
Binary: syslinux syslinux-efi extlinux isolinux pxelinux syslinux-common 
syslinux-utils
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u2
Distribution: jessie
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann 
Changed-By: Lukas Schwaighofer 
Description:
 extlinux   - collection of bootloaders (Linux ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, and xfs b
 isolinux   - collection of bootloaders (ISO 9960 bootloader)
 pxelinux   - collection of bootloaders (PXE network bootloader)
 syslinux   - collection of bootloaders (DOS FAT and NTFS bootloader)
 syslinux-common - collection of bootloaders (common)
 syslinux-efi - collection of bootloaders (UEFI bootloader)
 syslinux-utils - collection of bootloaders (utilities)
Closes: 879004
Changes:
 syslinux (3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u2) jessie; urgency=medium
 .
   * Add patch from upstream to fix boot problem for old BIOS firmware from
 around 2005 by correcting the C/H/S order (thanks Thomas Schmitt,
 Closes: #879004).
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Re: Bug#880123: jessie-pu: package syslinux/3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u1

2017-11-19 Thread Adam D. Barratt 
Control: tags -1 + pending

On Sat, 2017-11-18 at 19:10 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + confirmed
> 
> On Sun, 2017-10-29 at 19:48 +0100, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote:
> > I hereby ask for permission to update the syslinux package in
> > jessie
> > as
> > well.  The update fixes a bug in the isolinux isohybrid MBR causing
> > boot
> > failures with some old BIOS [1].
> > 
> 
> Please go ahead.

Uploaded and flagged for acceptance.

Regards,

Adam

Re: please sponsor syslinux jessie-pu (Re: Bug#880123: jessie-pu: package syslinux/3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u1)

2017-11-19 Thread Steve McIntyre 
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 01:17:53AM +0100, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote:
>Hi,
>
>the release team has approved the proposed syslinux jessie-pu [1].
>Please sponsor the upload.  It can be found in the debian/jessie branch
>of the git repository:
>  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-cd/syslinux.git

In incoming now, thanks!

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Upcoming oldstable point release

2017-11-19 Thread Adam D. Barratt 
Hi,

The next point release for "jessie" (8.10) is scheduled for Saturday,
December 9th. Processing of new uploads into jessie-proposed-updates
will be frozen during the preceding weekend.

Regards,

Adam

Upcoming stable point release

2017-11-19 Thread Adam D. Barratt 
Hi,

The next point release for "stretch" (9.3) is scheduled for Saturday,
December 9th. Processing of new uploads into stretch-proposed-updates
will be frozen during the preceding weekend.

Regards,

Adam