[syslinux] pxelinux fails to load miniroot completly

[detlef oertel]

Jeffrey Hutzelman schrieb:
> --On Tuesday, March 25, 2008 09:54:33 AM -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" 
> <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think I see the problem.  Everything in your memory map looks normal,
>> *except* line 4 -- where you have a chunk of reserved memory in the
>> middle of normal RAM, at 0x1e00000-0x1e80040 (at 30 MB!)
> 
> Yeah; that looks really odd.
> 
>> The other thing I would appreciate is as much information as possible
>> about this system, as I would like to ping my Dell contacts and get some
>> information.
> 
> FWIW, a 740 I have here (2GM RAM, BIOS 1.0.5) does _not_ exhibit a similar 
> oddity.  I'd be interested to know what BIOS version the affected machine 
> is.
> 
> -- Jeff

Hello Jeff,

a complete 'WMI-DUMP' of this machine is attached at my first posting.
Here are the most important parts again:



[system_bios]
info = "Release Date: 01/22/2008\nAddress: 0xE0000\nRuntime Size: 128
kB\nROM Size: 512 kB\nCharacteristics:\nISA is supported\nPCI is
supported\nPNP is supported\nAPM is supported\nBIOS is upgradeable\nBIOS
shadowing is allowed\nBoot from CD is supported\nSelectable boot is
supported\nBIOS ROM is socketed\nEDD is supported\n5.25\"/360 KB floppy
services are supported (int 13h)\n5.25\"/1.2 MB floppy services are
supported (int 13h)\n3.5\"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int
13h)\n3.5\"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)\nPrint
screen service is supported (int 5h)\n8042 keyboard services are
supported (int 9h)\nSerial services are supported (int 14h)\nPrinter
services are supported (int 17h)\nCGA/mono video services are supported
(int 10h)\nACPI is supported\nUSB legacy is supported\nBIOS boot
specification is supported\nFunction key-initiated network boot is
supported\nTargeted content distribution is supported\nBIOS Revision: 2.0"
version = "2.0.12"
vendor = "Dell Inc"
class = "SYSTEM_BIOS"
id = "0x0002"

[base_board]
vendor = "Dell Inc"
name = "0TT708"
serialnumber = "..CN708217B5F0NA."
class = "BASE_BOARD"
version = "A01"
id = "0x0006"

[system]
info = "Wake-up Type: Power Switch\nSKU Number:  "
vendor = "Dell Inc"
name = "OptiPlex 740"
serialnumber = "44454C4C-5200-1046-805A-CAC04F42334A"
class = "SYSTEM"
id = "0x0003"


regards

detlef oertel

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