[syslinux] pxelinux 3.08-pre8 hangs at boot prompt under vmware GSX

Richard Hirst rhirst at levanta.com
Thu Apr 21 17:26:07 PDT 2005


On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 09:53:14AM +1000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Richard Hirst wrote:
> >
> >Is this most likely a bug in the vmware BIOS, or is there some timeout
> >we can specify on the PXENV_UDP_READ call?
> >
> 
> FAQ.  Bug in the VMware BIOS, not fixable from PXELINUX' standpoint.

Fair enough, but that does mean pxelinux > 2.07 is not really usable
with VMware.  Would it be reasonable to add a config option to disable
the ARP feature?

Thanks,
  Richard




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