From: "m.roth@5-cent.us" m.roth@5-cent.us
I'd still like to know why syslinux is broken....
It was a version problem (default packaged syslinux was too old)... Might be this, but not sure:
"Changes in 3.72 : ... ISOLINUX: support generating images which can be either a CD-ROM or a hard disk (USB disk, etc.) See doc/isolinux.txt for more information"
JD