[syslinux] pxeboot garbage screen

Paul Slinski pauls at globaliqx.com
Thu Oct 3 13:49:44 PDT 2002


I only wish that were the case.

I'll try making another kernel and see what happens. I've tried it with
2.4.19 (that's the one that gives garbage) and 2.2.22 (returns 8000
scrolling down the screen).



On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:36:15 -0700
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:

> Paul Slinski wrote:
> > I am using pxeboot (syslinux) 1.75 and I'm attempting to boot
> > diskless with the pxeboot.0 system.
> > 
> > The system boots, downloads the pxeboot.0, the kernel and then the
> > screen turns to garbage.
> > 
> > Does anyone know what this is/how to fix this?
> > 
> 
> My first guess is that your kernel is incompatible with your CPU (e.g.
> 
> an i686 kernel running on an i486 CPU.)
> 
> 	-hpa
> 
> 
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