Bug#220139: isolinux/syslinux on special hardware

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers) writes:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:26:52AM +0100, Bjoern Laessig wrote:
> > I used google a while. Maybe it is interesting for you:
> > 
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2002/debian-cd-200205/msg00165.html
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> > http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2002-December/001324.html
> To follow-up http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2002-December/001325.html
...
> To me it looks like that bugreport 220139 is a support request
> for a range hardware that boots from CD-ROM on special way.
> 
> Not having the same hardware makes it hard to fix such problems.

The problem is quite common. Any not so recent Adaptec or Symbios scsi
controler won't boot isolinux. A lot of old bioses don't want to.

Such hardware is not so special.

MfG
        Goswin

PS: debian had both boot methods so far, isolinux on CD1, syslinux on all others