[syslinux] pxelinux localboot 0 fails?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Philip Molter wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 01:03:11PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> : > I have a pxelinux I'm working with and I want the default option
> : > to be to boot off the local mbr.  According to the docs, if I
> : > specify localboot 0, it should return to the BIOS and continue to
> : > the next device.  When I do this, though, the pxe agent exists
> : > (PXE-M0F), but the BIOS never continues on.
> : > 
> : > Is this a BIOS issue?  If so, has anyone else figured out a way to
> : > work around it?
> : 
> : Almost certainly a BIOS bug.  Try seeing what happens with "localboot 4"
> : or "localboot 5".
> 
> I tried both of those and got the exact same behavior.
> 

Not really surprising, but it was worth a try.

The fact that the PXE agent exists and the BIOS doesn't do the right
thing on the other side pretty much implies a mainboard BIOS problem.

	-hpa