Re: syslinux versions

On Wednesday, 2 December 2020 7:15:24 PM AEDT Erich Titl wrote:
> 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?

The remote site people can follow instructions and write an image to the stick 
from the linux server.  After that they can copy the configdb and leaf on a 
windows box.  They can follow instructions, but they can't report what went 
wrong and no chance of getting any subtle information to indicate why.   

 

> 
> >>> 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.
> 
> ET





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