[Bug 469568] Re: Grub2's chainloader cannot load extlinux (syslinux)

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  Grub2's chainloader cannot load extlinux (syslinux)

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  As reported on the Grub developer's mailing list (http://osdir.com/ml
  /grub-devel-gnu/2009-07/msg00387.html ), Grub 2 has a bug that
  prevents it from reporting sufficient information about the partition
  table when chainloading other boot loaders.

  Among others, this affects users who want to chainload extlinux (part
  of the syslinux package) from Grub2. I believe, this refers to the
  same bug that was discussed by the Syslinux author at
  http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2006-October/007527.html

  I forward-ported the patch from the Grub mailing list, and it fixes
  the problem for me. The patch is attached to this bug report.

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