Re: [leaf-user] 7.5.1 iso won't fully load

[Erich T. <eri...@th...>]

Hi Rob

Am 13.02.2026 um 22:27 schrieb Rob Ogle via leaf-user:
> I have pulled down the latest 7.5.1 iso, loaded to a usb, and it won't
> load fully into LEAF.
> 
> It gives an error saying that the LRP variable is empty or not set.
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> It lets me to the console.
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> I mounted the drive and looked at the leaf.cfg file.
> 
> I noticed that it was changed back to using a single line variable for LRP
> rather than concatenating the variable like in some previous versions.
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> I have tried multiple usb drives and have tried booting it on multiple
> machines.
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> I also pulled down the syslinx tar and went through the process of running
> syslinux and copying the files over- which is how I have always done it in
> the past for previous versions.
> 
> I get the same results.
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> 
> I was hoping to try out the new gee-whizzy option of booting to the usb
> and loading it to the hard drive is the reason I went the ISO route to
> start.
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> I'm not sure where to go next.
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> Any ideas?
> 

I looked into leaf.cfg on the iso file and at the first glimpse it looks 
OK which normally means that it is not parsed at all.
Then I looked into isolinux.cfg and again the LEAFCFG parameter looks good.

That you get booted into a restricted console means that the kernel gets 
loaded and initrd appears to not have read the LRP parameters from leaf.cfg.

The initrd.lrp checksum matches the the one in the package directory for 
the x486 architecture, so this appears correct too.

In the root directory of the system there should be a number of files 
with the suffix .err which you can inspect and see if there is something 
fishy.

ls /*.err
/linuxrc.err      /loadmodules.err  /loadpkg.err

isolinux.cfg does not use UUID to specify the location of the leaf.cfg file.

cheers

ET

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