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pfdm

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Registered: 2007-06-25

Posts: 19

[SOLVED]Syslinux bios incompatibility ?

Hi,

I'm trying to install my x120e with syslinux and btrfs ,but actually that doesn't matter because i don't have the menu.
It's like there is nothing in the mbr of the disk.
Only the root is btrfs , the /boot is ext2  because i though it was a btrfs problem...but still nothing.

So, i take an old disk and boot arch on it with a grub, and then do a qemu on the disk in the laptop and the syslinux menu shows up !

What made me think it may be a bios incompatibility problem ... i tried the stupid option of extlinux but did not work.

I'm out of idea , do someone knows a solution ?

Thanks

Edit: syslinux doesnt find the partition when it's logical, like old time....so get back with a primary boot partition. And if that can help someone, you can't boot syslinux wiith the orignal mbr that allows to select recovery from bios boot option !

Last edited by pfdm (2011-11-13 16:52:31)

MisterAnderson

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Registered: 2011-09-04

Posts: 285

Re: [SOLVED]Syslinux bios incompatibility ?

Was your /boot partition marked as active/boot in the mbr?

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pfdm

Member

Registered: 2007-06-25

Posts: 19

Re: [SOLVED]Syslinux bios incompatibility ?

Was your /boot partition marked as active/boot in the mbr?

Yes..that's the first thing you look at when it doesn't work !