[syslinux] Re: problem and maybe bug in 2.08 and later with vmware 4.5.1

[Arkadiusz Patyk]

>I found a problem with pxelinux in 2.08 and 2.09pre13 when working with
>vmware 4.5.1 (the latest with builtin support fpr pxe-boot). With 2.07 and
>2.01 it works without problems. But when trying the later versions there is
>trouble. I reach pxeboot.msg
>and it shows fine but when I try to choose an image it dosent give keyboard
>feedback (first I thought it had hanged) but after some testing it showed
>that it just dont give direct feedback until 300 sek (aprox) has gone. If I
>have made a correct choice, for example
>number 4 and return. After 300 sekunds the choice is showed and the loading
>start and finsishes without problem.
>Some real delays occuring here.

I have this same problem with pxelinux 2.09 and 2.10-pre3.
pxelinux-2.07 works fine.
vmware 4.5.1build 7568 runing on windows xp

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