[syslinux] pxelinux (2.08 or later) on VMware

Kazutomo Yoshii kazutomo at powercockpit.net
Wed Aug 4 01:12:13 PDT 2004


Hi,

pxelinux(2.08 or later) waits forever after "boot:" prompt
on vmware (4.52). pxelinux(2.07) works.

After I comment out DO_IDLE in ui.inc (2.08 or later),
it works. but I'm not sure why... (vmware bug?)

Thanks,
Kaz

--- ui.inc.orig Wed Aug  4 00:58:38 2004
+++ ui.inc      Wed Aug  4 01:07:39 2004
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                cmp dx,ax                       ; Has the timer advanced?
                je tick_loop
                pop cx
-               DO_IDLE
+               ;DO_IDLE
                loop time_loop                  ; If so, decrement counter

                ; Timeout!!!!




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