[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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