Bug #7232

Boot in older VirtualBox is broken by syslinux 6

Added by intrigeri 2014-05-13 08:49:42 . Updated 2014-11-16 11:19:52 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Virtualization
Target version:
Tails_1.2
Start date:
2014-05-08
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
bugfix/7173-upgrade-syslinux
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

VirtualBox 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u3: doesn’t boot at all from DVD (EFI mode doesn’t help). This was with an image built from commit e0a3c64
in feature/uefi. The same ISO boots fine in VirtualBox 4.3.10-dfsg-1~bpo70+1.

It seems to have been fixed in syslinux 6.03-pre5:

Subtasks

Related issues

Blocked by Tails - Feature #7173: Upgrade to syslinux 6.03-pre18 or later Resolved 2014-05-08

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 08:49:43

  • copied from Feature #7173: Upgrade to syslinux 6.03-pre18 or later added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 08:50:36

The plan is to (try to) backport the upstream bugfix for Tails 1.1, since Feature #7173 won’t be fixed in time.

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 08:57:58

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-25 12:02:33

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-25 13:00:32

  • Status changed from In Progress to Confirmed
  • Target version changed from Tails_1.1 to Sustainability_M1
  • Type of work changed from Code to Documentation

intrigeri wrote:
> The plan is to (try to) backport the upstream bugfix for Tails 1.1, since Feature #7173 won’t be fixed in time.

I tried to cherry-pick the two upstream commits that seemed to be relevant (e01e93b0f and a06818de2), on top of the 3:6.03~pre1+dfsg-1~bpo60+1 package we have in devel). The resulting ISO displays the syslinux menu just fine, but fails to load the Linux kernel.

So, I’m giving up for 1.1, and will instead document this problem in the known issues.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-25 13:01:03

  • copied to deleted (Feature #7173: Upgrade to syslinux 6.03-pre18 or later)

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-25 13:01:05

  • blocked by Feature #7173: Upgrade to syslinux 6.03-pre18 or later added

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-25 13:02:18

  • copied to Feature #7280: Document that boot in older VirtualBox is broken in Tails 1.1 added

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-25 13:02:37

  • Type of work changed from Documentation to Code

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-25 13:07:59

  • copied from deleted (Feature #7280: Document that boot in older VirtualBox is broken in Tails 1.1)

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-30 13:03:04

Dropping the parent task, since that one is for 1.1, while this ticket is for later.

#12 Updated by anonym 2014-09-25 16:14:38

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Fix committed
  • Assignee deleted (intrigeri)
  • Target version changed from Sustainability_M1 to Tails_1.2
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
  • QA Check set to Pass
  • Feature Branch set to bugfix/7173-upgrade-syslinux

This is fixed in the branch bugfix/7173-upgrade-syslinux, which now has been merged.

#13 Updated by anonym 2014-10-16 08:18:41

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved

#14 Updated by sajolida 2014-11-16 11:19:52

  • Category changed from Hardware support to Virtualization