Re: syslinux versions

Hi Marko

> 
> yes, get a working bootable leaf from phone / written instructions.   No
> config, that would be copied in later.
> 

Mhhhh how would you boot such an image?

>>
>>> 10+ years of leaf experience has shown occasional USB corruption and
>>> occasional upgrade failures leaving me without a running router and no way
>>> to access remotely.  There has been a time when 2 backup sticks have not
>>> worked.
>>>
>>> The main failure has been mis-matched syslinux version and .c32 files
>>
>> I would not attribute this to the hardware, but then.
> 
> Old usb sticks are the norm, even newish re-purposed hardware will have bios
> limitation on usb stick size.  These are not really old machines and bois max
> size is 8GB.  It's hard to buy good quality small capacity USB sticks.  Plenty
> of the problems have been caused by me as well.  With mis-config, accidental
> syslinux overwrite with incorrect files etc.
> 
> 
>>
>>> Does the upgrade script copy any .c32 files in the syslinux dir?
>>
>> Upgrade just replaces the kernel, modules and installed packages. The
>> bootloader can be seen as static.
> 
> That's good, it means I should have a known boot loader and the correct .c32's
> in the hdsupp package.

Yes.

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