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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2020 2:22 pm    Post subject: Syslinux: Failed to load ldlinux.c32 Reply with quote

I am trying to install Gentoo Linux on an old Toshiba so I can test and play around with different Gentoo things for when I get my next laptop. I followed through the handbook and everything, but keep having one issue. I use syslinux as my bootloader and really prefer it, but when I reboot I get the following error:

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Failed to load ldlinux.c32
Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue.


I have that module in /boot/syslinux and am using a very basic syslinux setup. When I setup up syslinux I did the following:

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# install syslinux
emerge --ask sys-boot/syslinux

# copy all needed .c32 files over
mkdir -p /boot/syslinux
cp /usr/share/syslinux/{reboot,poweroff,ldlinux,libutil,libcom32}.c32 /boot/syslinux

# install extlinux and MBR
extlinux --install /boot/syslinux
dd bs=440 conv=notrunc count=1 if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda

# get the kernel and initramfs version
kernelv=$(ls /boot/ | grep "vmlinuz-$release")
initramfsv=$(ls /boot/ | grep "initramfs-$release.img")

# add support for decrypting at boot and setup general settings by editing /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
DEFAULT main
PROMPT 1
TIMEOUT 50

LABEL main
        LINUX ../$kernelv
        APPEND root=/dev/gentoolvm/root cryptdevice=UUID=$rootuuid:gentooluks rw auditd=1
        INITRD ../$initramfsv

LABEL fallback
        LINUX ../vmlinuz-fallback
        APPEND root=/dev/gentoolvm/root cryptdevice=UUID=$rootuuid:gentooluks rw auditd=1
        INITRD ../initramfs-fallback

LABEL reboot
        COM32 reboot.c32

LABEL poweroff
        COM32 poweroff.c32


I have no idea what I am doing wrong and am really confused. Could someone please help me understand how to fix this? Thank you for your time.


#### What I Have Tried
I was already told to run lld *.c32 in /boot/syslinux/, but it doesn't say I am missing any modules (as it shouldn't); however it does say the following:

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lld: You don't have permissions to execute: reboot.c32
lld: You don't have permissions to execute: poweroff.c32
lld: You don't have permissions to execute: ldlinux.c32
lld: You don't have permissions to execute: libutil.c32
lld: You don't have permissions to execute: libcom32.c32

I am unsure what if anything I am supposed to do with those errors as I have never had to deal with this before when setting up syslinux.
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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2020 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The instructions say:
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and make sure the correct partition in set active.
You do not mention whether you did this, or checked that it had already been done. Which partition(s) are active on this device? I think you want to have exactly one partition marked as active, and it should be the one which contains the filesystem holding /boot.
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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2020 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hu wrote:
The instructions say:
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and make sure the correct partition in set active.
You do not mention whether you did this, or checked that it had already been done. Which partition(s) are active on this device? I think you want to have exactly one partition marked as active, and it should be the one which contains the filesystem holding /boot.


I apologize for my confusion, but could you elaborate a little bit more? I set root and the UUID for it (as I am using lvm + LUKS). Are you refering to where I create the parition for /boot/? If so I have those steps below:

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# create paritions fdisk /dev/sda:
fdisk /dev/sda:
n       # create a new physcial parition
p       # choose primary

1       # select partition number 1
ENTER   # select default sector

+512M   # use 512M of disk space
a       # flag bootable

n       # create a new physcial parition
p       # choose primary

2       # select partition number 2
ENTER   # select default sector

ENTER   # use the rest of the disk
t       # select type

2       # parition 2
8e      # set type to linux file system

w       # write changes

# encrypt the linux filesystem
cryptsetup -v -c serpent-xts-plain64 -s 512 --hash whirlpool --iter-time 5000 --use-random luksFormat /dev/sda2

# open the linux filesystem
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 gentooluks

# create lvm group on gentooluks
pvcreate /dev/mapper/gentooluks
vgcreate gentoolvm /dev/mapper/gentooluks

# create lvm partitions
lvcreate --name root -L 50G gentoolvm
lvcreate --name swap -L 2G gentoolvm

lvcreate --name home -l 100%FREE gentoolvm

# create filesystems
mkfs.ext4 -L boot /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 -L root /dev/gentoolvm/root

mkfs.ext4 -L home /dev/gentoolvm/home
mkswap /dev/gentoolvm/swap

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ext4 is using 64bit filesystem by default. Thus, you need to either reformat the fs with -O ^64bit or convert with resize2fs -s.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=215588
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your /dev/sda1 is the /boot partition. In fdisk, when you p the disk, you should see something like this;
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Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors Id Type  Start-C/H/S   End-C/H/S Attrs
/dev/sda1  *         2048 104859469 104857422 83 Linux     0/32/33 1023/254/63    80
/dev/sda2       104859648 488397167 383537520 83 Linux   383/53/55   705/80/63

Notice the asterisk in the Boot column - that is the active partition marker.
With MBR/legacy boot, your boot partition needs to be marked as active.
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