- Issued:
- 2014-02-14
- Updated:
- 2014-02-14
RHBA-2014:0177 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
syslinux bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated syslinux package that fixes a bug has been added to the Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor channel.
Description
SYSLINUX is a suite of bootloaders, currently supporting DOS FAT
filesystems, Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems (EXTLINUX), PXE network boots
(PXELINUX), or ISO 9660 CD-ROMs (ISOLINUX). It also includes a tool,
MEMDISK, which loads legacy operating systems from these media.
This update fixes the following bug:
- When livecd-iso-to-disk was run on a hypervisor ISO, an error message
displayed, stating extlinux was missing. As a result the USB drive was
unbootable. This occurred because the extlinux utility was moved into the
syslinux-extlinux sub-package, which is shipped in the Optional channel in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux. The livecd-iso-to-disk utility (shipped in livecd-tools in
the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor channel) requires extlinux. The
solution to this is shipping the syslinux-extlinux sub-package to both the
Optional and the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor channels, and add
a dependency on syslinux-extlinux to livecd-tools. This ensures
livecd-iso-to-disk works correctly. (BZ#1013828)
Users of syslinux are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Virtualization 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1061794 - extlinux missing when running livecd-iso-to-disk
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Virtualization 6
SRPM | |
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livecd-tools-13.4.4-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: efa9fb423010d9d9ce89eaa04c6057e5e6e24a40f25ec7ceee803d806796952f |
syslinux-4.02-8.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3521385685d12247ed15811d7004ed7b34b48c28e09620a7c306ebd48a069b06 |
x86_64 | |
livecd-tools-13.4.4-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 967021dfada65d31cfdef82d0b0631bca72257e7d6d5136fba4c4e07e95970af |
python-imgcreate-13.4.4-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: adaef0b2ba6e3f7f123ddc347500409ab30610883b12c65f7c91245a1e804d03 |
syslinux-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e76948893c57eefda65bc070e084bb3b116093d1fbca3fef2bccf79b4660907e |
syslinux-debuginfo-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ba9bdc7c14fbe407cf0b7a0df5219993ba4c408de4507f2f0cc0677f42deeb61 |
syslinux-devel-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e59f029237e44464f846ab5504e79ebed9e1bd027826d8f529a12e54952c403e |
syslinux-extlinux-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a91ebc3546f488490878e563a557770ef0090ba27f78b3793b03b08def8f4f16 |
syslinux-perl-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a3e0f7254ca93770e0a54ce5f43f524e22b10cf973230727c3639c4b833ce2c2 |
syslinux-tftpboot-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 600bc4ac255f92775e461e569cdeb9fd43ada772086d4bbf538804287da69711 |
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