Comment 35 for bug 1507002

Thanks I will try it out
On Apr 14, 2016 16:46, "Kendek" <email address hidden> wrote:

> This problem is fixed in the version 6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1, see the
> changelog:
>
> http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/s/syslinux/syslinux_6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1/changelog
>
> The new version is working well on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but the available
> version in the 15.10 (-8ubuntu2) is still broken:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/wily/syslinux
>
> So the Syslinux on the Ubuntu 15.10 is not fixed! If you want just install
> the packages from here:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/syslinux
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/syslinux-common
>
> sudo dpkg -i *.deb
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507002
>
> Title:
> "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition
>
> Status in syslinux package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) from vivid and creating boot
> disks (USB, vfat) stopped working.
>
> I tried my best to find what's the problem, but I couldn't identify
> it. It looks like it's related to LP: #398241 (or the debian bug
> referred there)
>
> Essentially, I did
>
> 1. create empty USB disk
> 2. format as vfat (mkfs -t ... -- -F32 -n 'label')
> 3. syslinux --install path/to/image -t 512
> 4. boot a computer with it
> 5. SYSLINUX 6.03 ... "boot error" <-- is displayed
>
> I then downgraded to syslinux 3:6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1, did the same
> thing, and it worked again.
>
> I believe this is related to ldlinux.sys, ldlinux.c32, linux.c32,
> menu.c32, or libutil.c32, since at least the machine boots to
> syslinux, it simply does not proceed to display my menu.
>
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