[syslinux] Strange behaviour when using vesamenu.c32 and PXELinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

Marius Eikenes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone had any ideas and perhaps solutions around an
> error i've been experiencing when using vesamenu.c32 (and the other
> non-vesa menu too).
> I have tried three different versions (the latest three) of pxelinux and
> the other files. The problem exists in all of them.
> 

You didn't say which versions.  In particular, this *might* be a 
manifestation of a problem that was recently fixed, so it would be nice 
if you could try out 3.80-pre3 and see if that resolves the issue for you.

> But heres the catch: In some cases (on some computers), when finding the
> choice i want and pressing <enter>, the menu just freezes.
> It does not start downloading the kernel or initrd, it just freezes.
> Ctrl+alt+delete does nothing when this happens.

Anything in common between the computers that work and the computers 
that fail?  BIOS versions?  NICs?  Chipset?

	-hpa