[syslinux] pxelinux localboot 0 fails?

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Aug 14 13:03:11 PDT 2003


Philip Molter wrote:
> I have a pxelinux I'm working with and I want the default option
> to be to boot off the local mbr.  According to the docs, if I
> specify localboot 0, it should return to the BIOS and continue to
> the next device.  When I do this, though, the pxe agent exists
> (PXE-M0F), but the BIOS never continues on.
> 
> Is this a BIOS issue?  If so, has anyone else figured out a way to
> work around it?
> 

Almost certainly a BIOS bug.  Try seeing what happens with "localboot 4"
or "localboot 5".

	-hpa




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