[boot scriptor] Re: cdshell isolinux freeze/reboot?

Try removing all comment lines (#) from your isolinux.cfg
file; I had a problem with CDShell's isolinux recently and
removing the comments fixed it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bscript-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:bscript-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:58 PM
> To: bscript@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [boot scriptor] Re: cdshell isolinux freeze/reboot?
> 
> The cd initially boots to isolinux just fine, then I use 
> diskemu to boot
> cdshell.  Once inside cdshell I have problems using isolinux.  If, on
> the cdshell command line provided with the ultimate boot cd, I try a
> command like "isolinux gentoo" where gentoo is the name of a kernel
> isolinux hangs.  More specifically the isolinux module that comes with
> cdshell hangs.  Is there something related to the isolinux 
> module that I
> am missing or misconfiguring?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 
> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
> >To use CD Shell, you need to use loader.bin as I recall - 
> see http://www.cdshell.org/doc/buildcd.html for all the 
> details on how you should build the image.
> >
> >What you're telling it to do here is use the isolinux.bin 
> file, which probably doesn't fit in the 4 blocks specified, 
> and that's why it's hanging up the way it is.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jason <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: May 15, 2005 3:49 PM
> >To: bscript@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [boot scriptor] Re: cdshell isolinux freeze/reboot?
> >
> >The command i'm using to make the iso is:
> >
> >mkisofs -J -N -R -l -V "" -o  /tmp/gentoo.iso -b 
> isolinux/isolinux.bin
> >-c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 
> -boot-info-table -z
> >/var/tmp/catalyst/builds/default/livecd-stage2-x86-2005-04-10
> >
> >Is there something wrong with this?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jason
> >
> >Jim Henderson wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I vaguely recall seeing something like this once upon a 
> time, and as I recall, it came down to something weird like 
> the sector count for loader.bin wasn't set correctly when I 
> made the CD image - either that, or I had forgotten to set 
> the disk emulation to "none" when burning the disc.
> >>
> >>Jim
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Jason <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: May 13, 2005 1:12 AM
> >>To: bscript@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [boot scriptor] cdshell isolinux freeze/reboot?
> >>
> >>I have copied the cdshell files from The Ultimate Boot CD 
> to a boot cd
> >>of my own which starts isolinux automatically.  I have isolinux run
> >>diskemu, and it runs loader.bin from The Ultimate Boot CD.  At this
> >>point I am presented with the normal cdshell menu.  The 
> problem is when
> >>I try any of the menu options that use the isolinux command.  On my
> >>laptop it just freezes after displaying:
> >>
> >>ISOLINUX 3.07 03/01/2005
> >>Copyright (C) 1994-2005 H. Peter Anvin
> >>isolinux:
> >>
> >>when using vmware it pops up a nice box displaying:
> >>
> >>*** Virtual machine kernel stack fault (hardware reset) ***
> >>The virtual machine just suffered a stack fault in kernel mode. On a
> >>real computer, this would amount to a reset of the 
> processor. It can be
> >>caused by an incorrect configuration of the virtual 
> machine, a bug in
> >>the operating system, or a problem in the VMware 
> Workstation software.
> >>Press OK to reboot virtual machine or Cancel to shut it down.
> >>
> >>
> >>When I boot to The Ultimate Boot CD image that I 
> downloaded, everything
> >>works fine, but something has failed in my configuration and I am
> >>missing the problem.  Has anyone seen this before or have 
> any insight
> >>into the problem?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Jason
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