[syslinux] pxelinux+memdisk experience & problem..

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Nov 4 09:03:47 PST 2003


Dirk Haus wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
>>>  vmware 4.05 with emboot pxe boot disk,  pxelinux
>>
>>2.07 pre5.
>>
>>vmware is known broken.
> 
> 
> do you mean broken in the sense that it does not work
> with pxelinux or something else?
> 

It's known not to allow memory to be released correctly.

Unfortunately the memory release procedure is complex, and many firmware 
vendors seem like they don't care, and thus broken.

	-hpa




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