Bug 256222 – wrong path for syslinux

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org

[Description p cooper 2009-01-24 18:12:18 UTC]

emerge -av '>sys-boot/syslinux-3'
# dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc

syslinux is now in /usr/share/
so it should be 
# dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc
            _^^^^^^^


Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) 2009-01-26 02:47:31 UTC]

Which version of syslinux are you using, for which architecture?

[Comment 2 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) 2009-01-26 06:50:18 UTC]

Lastest stable version is 3.71. Some files changed locations. See bug #254419 e.g.

# emerge =sys-boot/syslinux-3.71
Calculating dependencies ... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-boot/syslinux-3.71
>>> Installing sys-boot/syslinux-3.71
>>> Jobs: 1 of 1 complete                           Load avg: 1.74, 0.76, 0.34
>>> Auto-cleaning packages...

>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.

 * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.

# equery f syslinux|grep mbr.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/gptmbr.bin
/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin

[Comment 3 nm (RETIRED) 2009-01-26 07:16:37 UTC]

Thanks for the info; fixed in CVS.

Also updated diskless-howto.xml, as it referenced the outdated lib/syslinux location.

[Comment 4 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) 2009-01-26 16:57:26 UTC]

Thanks for editing the doc. /me was already late for work this morning :)

I added a note about unetbootin.