[syslinux] Problem: booting stops during "Loading /bzimage...."

[Pierre Sangouard]

> > If I only knew how to do it on a machine without floppy or cdrom and the
> only way to
> > boot it is using network :-(
> You can try booting a floppy dos based image using memdisk :)
> It may works... If it's the case you can update your bioses by inserting
> the flash programs inside.
> 
> Some bioses also allow to boot up on a usb floppy drive.. It could be a
> solution to update the bios. I did it on some opterons with success. PXE
> was broken, I've update like this way.

You can even boot from an USB key if you don't have an USB floppy drive.
Good instructions can be found at
http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardware_bootfromusbstick.php (I've done it
myself last week).

Cheers,
Pierre Sangouard - ESO Technologies
http://www.eso-tech.com